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Now that the Supreme Court has given the green light for lawmakers to prohibit abortion, several states, most of them Republican-led, have taken quick steps to do so. In at least seven states, state officials say that abortion bans can now be enforced.
Three states - Kentucky, Louisiana and South Dakota - have so-called "trigger bans" that went into effect automatically with the Supreme Court's reversal Friday of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that had established a constitutional right to an abortion. Ten other states have trigger bans with implementation mechanisms that occur after a set period or after a step taken by a state government entity.
Among the trigger-ban states in the latter category, Missouri has already made the move required to implement its ban on abortion, with state Attorney General Eric Schmitt announcing Friday that he had taken the step of certification laid out by Missouri law.
Oklahoma, which had recently put in place a law banning most abortions, has also taken the step of implementing its trigger ban, according to the state attorney general's office. Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge also certified the state's trigger ban, allowing it take effect on Friday, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks to anti-abortion activists outside the Supreme Court, Nov. 1, 2021, on Capitol Hill. Jacquelyn Martin/AP/FILE
In Texas, where the trigger ban is to be implemented on the 30th day after the Supreme Court issues its judgment (a court move that will happen in the coming weeks), Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced that local prosecutors may now begin enforcing an abortion ban passed by the state before the Roe ruling.
Other states have prohibitions on abortion that had been blocked by courts that had cited Roe's guarantee of a right to abortion. Those states may act quickly to have those court orders lifted so that those restrictions can go into effect. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey referenced a court order that had halted the state's 2019 abortion ban and said in a statement that Alabama "will immediately ask the court to strike down any legal barriers to enforcing this law."
Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III said that in addition to implementing the trigger ban set to go in effect in 30 days, the state had asked an appeals court to lift a hold that had been placed on a measure that bans abortion at around six weeks into pregnancy.
It's likely that elsewhere in the country, state legislatures will soon be called back into session to pass strict abortion laws that previously would have run afoul of Roe.
Indiana's Republican Gov. Eric J. Holcomb is calling for a return of the General Assembly on July 6 so that legislators can consider anti-abortion legislation.
CLARIFICATION: This story has been updated to more clearly describe when Texas' trigger ban will take effect. It's the 30th day after the Supreme Court issues its judgment, a court move that comes after the ruling.
This story also has been updated with further developments Friday.
CNN's Tami Luhby and Avery Lotz contributed to this report.
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How are poor red states going to pay to imprison hundreds of thousands of women for aborting?
Which states are considering imprisonment for woman that commit abortion?
All of em. Every single one.
All 50 states?
No, all 57!
You and Hershel, such kidders.
Obama is in on the joke as well.
Hershel was believable as POTUS in Idiocracy!
Exactly, a place where commenters have devolved into foulmouthed, near-catatonic stupidity.
"How are poor red states going to pay to imprison hundreds of thousands of women for aborting?"
Stick with the stupid memes.
"This Fall Roe is on the ballot" - President Joe Biden
His staff should have briefed him that Norma McCorvey, also known as Jane Roe, died 5 years ago.
No - he said, "This Joe is gonna fall in a blowout."
Maybe Republican State governments determined that the children of incest and rapists vote Republican.
Maybe Democrats care more about illegal immigrants than they do about US citizens. Allow untold numbers of illegals in; change the districting rules so that number of people count more than number of eliglible voters; and encourage limitless abortion to keep the number of US voters down.
This absolutely will tip the upcoming Pennsylvania governor's race - likely producing another lefty on a single-issue vote.
As the doors to abortion close in America, Canada's door is open, where abortion is not illegal and Americans have already been welcomed to make use of Canada's very liberal policy by Karina Gould, the Canadian Minister of Families, Children and Social Development.
Canada is the only Western nation where a woman can seek an elective abortion at any time in her pregnancy, although in practice only a handful of terminations occur during the third trimester, HuffPost reports.
Good for Canada.
While they are visiting to get abortions there maybe they can seek asylum and stay permanently?
These days I wouldn't blame decent Americans for seeking asylum elsewhere.
... where they beat seals to death with bats and hakapics.
I'm always amazed that people continue to show off how "smart" they are about something they know nothing about - sometimes educating oneself about a topic before spouting off lies and myths just might save their reputation. Now if they were shipped up to where there is nothing but ice and snow and told to survive, let's see how "humane" they can be.
Thus, by not helping the people survive, by not compensating them, the Canadian government condones the practice. They are free to navigate with their own compass.
Those who criticize the ones who kill seals for food and pelts yet eat pork and beef and chickens and wear leather are hypocrites.
Just imagine if government put this kind of energy into actually helping people.