The new date is Jun 24, 2022.
Within hours of the Supreme Court's decision, some Republicans began pushing for new abortion restrictions, but this could face legal and political obstacles.
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The Republican governors of Indiana, Nebraska, South Carolina, Virginia and Montana applauded the ruling and urged state lawmakers to take action.
Glenn Youngkin, the governor of Virginia, told the Washington Post Friday that he wants to ban abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancies, but Democrats hold a majority in the Virginia Senate.
The Florida Supreme Court ruled in 1989 that the right to privacy included a right to abortion.
The leaders of Pennsylvania's Republican-led House said there are discussions about possible changes to abortion laws.
In August, Kansas residents will vote on a constitutional amendment that would allow the Legislature to ban abortion, but the governor supports abortion access.
Some states will restrict abortion with little to no action by the legislature. In Texas and 12 other states withtrigger laws, abortion will be illegal in most or all cases within a few weeks of the Supreme Court's decision. The status of the laws that were struck down during the abortion era is not known.
Republicans have said for months that they want Congress to ban abortion nationwide. Friday's decision could revive those efforts, with former Vice President Mike Pence saying "we must not rest and must not relent until the sanctity of life is restored to the center of American law." It is not clear if the GOP will pursue a national abortion ban even if they win the presidency and congress. According to a CBS News/You report, Senate Minority Leader McConnell said last month that a federal ban was possible, but that he wouldn't change the Senate's 60-vote rule to pass one.
There is a new date for this event. The Guttmacher Institute expects to see many states banning abortion. The list includes states with preexisting laws, as well as states with political composition, history and other indicators that suggest they might try to ban abortion.
In Friday's ruling, Justice Samuel Alito and four other conservative judges upheld Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban. Republican-run states have tried to restrict or ban abortion. The Supreme Court, with a 6-3 conservative majority, has been more open to hearing abortion cases recently. The court didn't strike down a Texas law banning most abortions after six weeks, and many thought the court would use the Mississippi case to strike down the abortion law.
According to the Guttmacher Institute, there are laws on the books in 16 states that protect the right to abortion.
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