A Study of Illinois’ abortion ban clinics, a spokesperson told President Biden, and a patient who saw abortion illegally in their home state

Nearly 22 million – or 29% – of women of reproductive age live in a state where abortion is banned or limited to six weeks gestational age, according to the report.

She told President Biden that she’s had teenagers with chronic medical conditions that make their pregnancies very high risk and women with highly desired pregnancies who find out they can’t receive their abortion in our state and beg her to help them.

“Imagine looking someone in the eye and saying, ‘I have all the skills and the tools to help you, but our state’s politicians have told me I can’t,’ ” she added.

While 40 of the clinics are open for other services, Guttmacher analysis says 26 have completely closed down, meaning they may never reopen.

“These clinics don’t have staff anymore, they probably moved their medical supplies to other facilities,” Jones explains. “So it’s not like they could open their doors tomorrow if these bans were lifted.”

It can also complicate care if you have to travel out of state. This has happened to patients treated by Dr. Sadia who is from Illinois a state with a ban or restriction on abortion.

She said she saw a patient with a serious condition, and if not treated, it could cause life-threatening problems. The patient had already tried to get care in her own state and elsewhere before coming to Illinois.

“We were able to provide the care required for this patient, which was unfortunately more complex than it needed to be because there were several weeks that ensued before the patient sought care and eventually saw us,” Haider said.

An Arizona Judge Revisited a Supreme Court Order Binning the Probate on Abortion after 15 Weeks of Pregnancies

She says that the next states to watch are Indiana, Ohio and South Carolina, which have already implemented bans but where abortions are still accessible for now.

The Arizona Court of Appeals disagreed with the judge who lifted the old order that stopped the older law from being imposed.

“Arizona courts have a responsibility to attempt to harmonize all of this state’s relevant statutes,” Eckerstrom wrote, mirroring arguments made by attorneys for Planned Parenthood.

Eckerstrom wrote that a stay is appropriate “given the acute need of healthcare providers, prosecuting agencies, and the public for legal clarity as to the application of our criminal laws. Both parties sought clarification from the court in the underlying litigation.

Brnovich spokeswoman Brittni Thomason said in a statement that “our office understands this is an emotional issue, and we will carefully review the court’s ruling before determining the next step.”

“Today’s decision provides a desperately needed sense of security for both our patients and providers,” Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement. We can now breathe a sigh of relief and serve people. After the fight is over, Arizona will once again have the ability to make their own decisions about their bodies, health care, and futures.

Jenkins had issued a temporary restraining order against the ban last month after Ohio abortion providers challenged SB 23 in the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, arguing that the law violates the state constitution.

Those laws include a new one blocking abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy that took effect last month. The previous limit was 24 weeks, the viability standard established by now-overruled U.S. Supreme Court cases.

The Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas Judge agrees with the people who argue that the law adds an unfair burden on pregnant women. “You’re restricting her opportunities. She has her rights restricted by you. You’re relegating her to a different status,” Jenkins said, according to the newspaper.

“Ohioans deserve far better than the chaos and confusion that we’ve seen since the U.S. Supreme Court stripped us of our federal constitutional right to an abortion,” the plaintiffs said in a statement Friday. “We will continue to use every tool at our disposal to fight for and protect Ohioans’ rights as guaranteed by the Ohio Constitution.”

“We will wait and review the judge’s actual written order and consult with the Governor’s administration as far next steps,” spokesman Steven Irwin told CNN Friday afternoon.

The new ban says it doesn’t repeal the pre- statehood law, and some Republican lawmakers insist that the older law is still in place. If the life of the mother is at risk, there’s no reason for rape or incest.

Planned Parenthood and other abortion rights advocates have repeatedly said that Arizona’s competing abortion laws create confusion for providers and patients.

The appeals court said Planned Parenthood has shown it is likely to prevail on its argument that the trial court erred by limiting its analysis only to the attorney general’s request to lift the 50-year-old injunction and refusing to consider the later laws passed by the Legislature to regulate abortion.

A Phoenix doctor and an abortion rights group are trying to block the old law, raising similar arguments that Johnson had rejected. In her ruling, Johnson wrote that while there may be legal questions regarding conflicting laws, they were not properly before her.

Still, the court said doctors can’t be prosecuted for performing abortions because other Arizona laws passed over the years allow them to perform the procedure, though non-doctors are still subject to be charged under the old law.

It is possible to get the abortion pills to the California-Arizona border via a Phoenix clinic. That cuts the time it takes to get abortion pills, which are effective up to 12 weeks gestation, from a two-day trip to one that can be done in a day.

“The statutes, read together, make clear that physicians are permitted to perform abortions as regulated” by other abortion laws, the appeals court wrote.

After the Supreme Court overturned the landmark decision, Attorney General Mark Brnoovich asked a state judge to allow the law to be implemented.