Three Republican-led states this week enacted abortion bans triggered after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, while a judge on Aug. 25 blocked an abortion ban in North Dakota a day it was set to take effect.
Idaho, Tennessee, and Texas have joined eight other states that have abortion laws that kicked into effect after the high court repealed Roe on June 24. The three GOP-led states, unlike the other eight, had to wait 30 days beyond when the U.S. Supreme Court justices formally entered the judgment, which happened several weeks after the June 24 decision was announced.
