Two months after the reversal of Roe v. Wade, a new wave of abortion bans will be taking effect in U.S. states.
By the end of this week, almost all of the “trigger” laws on the state level – laws already on the books that were meant to take effect if the Supreme fCourt overturned Roe – will have taken effect.
Some of those bans went into effect immediately, when the high court issued its June 24 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson. Others had to wait 30 days or be certified by the state attorney general.
Trigger bans in Utah, Wyoming and North Dakota, have been blocked temporarily by local courts.
But three more states will implement near-total bans of abortion in the coming week:
Two other states will see new abortion bans in September, including Indiana, which was the first state to pass legislation banning the procedure since the Dobbs decision. The Hoosier State will ban abortions except in the case of rape, incest or a medical emergency. The act goes into effect September 15.
And Arizona on September 24 will have a ban, criminalizing providing abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
