With Roe v. Wade overturned, here's where things stand with ‘trigger’ laws and pre-Roe bans
Shortly after the Supreme Court overturned Roe, abortion bans went into effect in seven states, with many more expected to kick in over the coming weeks.
Shortly after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, abortion bans went into effect in more than a half-dozen states, with many more expected to kick in over the coming weeks.
The mix of “trigger” laws and pre-Roe abortion bans, which span 18 states, are in various states of implementation: Some were enforced immediately, others are scheduled to take effect in 30 days and still more are on the books but with no specified enforcement date.
Thirteen states have so-called trigger laws — designed to snap into effect immediately or soon after a Roe reversal — and nine states have bans that predate the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that guaranteed a constitutional right to abortion. Some states have both.
Trigger laws took effect Friday in Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Utah. Similar statutes in Idaho and Tennessee will take hold in 30 days, with a slightly longer effective date for Texas.
Officials from two trigger-law states — Mississippi and North Dakota — confirmed to NBC News that they hadn’t activated their bans as of Friday evening. Wyoming has not said yet whether it activated its ban.
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