Longstanding abortion restrictions like waiting periods and provider regulations are now under legal attack in states where Roe v. Wade’s reversal prompted voters to amend their state constitutions to protect abortion rights.
Abortion rights advocates in Ohio and Michigan have pivoted off of successful ballot initiatives in those states to challenge abortion restrictions that had been in effect before the Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to obtain an abortion in 2022. In Ohio, the ACLU has used the recent amendment to that state’s constitution to boost lawsuits attacking abortion restrictions. One of those cases is challenging laws that made it harder to access abortion pills.
In addition to the waiting period, the new lawsuit is challenging limits on the kinds of healthcare providers who can perform abortions as well as a mandate that providers give abortion seekers a script of counseling that the lawsuit says is “biased,” “inaccurate,” “irrelevant,” and “non-medical.
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