There are 3 article(s) tagged Trigger law:

• June 2022

  • Near-total abortion ban takes effect in 30 days, but a ‘heartbeat bill’ could come sooner

    The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has caused a number of states’ “trigger laws” banning abortion to take effect, including Tennessee’s. The state’s attorney general wants another abortion ban, a six-week “heartbeat bill,” to become law sooner than the trigger law.

    By Ian Round June 25, 2022

  • The closest state to Memphis with abortion access? Illinois.

    Between state abortion bans taking effect and the opening of a Choices clinic in Carbondale, Illinois, the closest facilities are in the Illinois suburbs of St. Louis.

    By Ian Round June 25, 2022

  • Tennesseans react to Supreme Court decision on abortion

    Responses to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling Friday, June 24, overturning the nearly 50-year old Roe v. Wade decision fall along party lines in Memphis and across Tennessee.

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    Near-total abortion ban takes effect in 30 days, but a ‘heartbeat bill’ could come sooner

    The closest state to Memphis with abortion access? Illinois.

    By Bill Dries, Ian Round, Aisling Mäki June 25, 2022