The Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case is a challenge to Mississippi's Gestational Age Act, which protects babies from abortion after they reach 15 weeks gestation. A decision is expected in June.
Judge Sarah Evans Barker issued a ruling in August of last year that allowed some of Indiana's pro-life provisions to be enforced, but it placed injunctions against others. One provision that was allowed prohibits non-doctors from performing first-trimester aspiration abortions. Five provisions are currently being blocked, however:
- a ban against non-doctors from prescribing abortion pills
- a requirement that second-trimester abortions only occur at hospitals or ambulatory surgery centers
- a requirement that preabortion counseling occur in-person
- a ban against the use of telemedicine to prescribe and distribute abortion pills
- a requirement that women receive in-person examinations before having abortions