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Four more GOP-led states to enact abortion ‘trigger laws’

FILE - A sign reading "My body, my Choice," is taped to a hanger taped to a streetlight in front of the Idaho State Capitol Building on May 3, 2022. In Idaho, the U.S. Department of Justice has sued the Republican-led state over its abortion trigger law after arguing it violates a federal law requiring Medicaid-funded hospitals to provide "stabilizing treatment" to patients experiencing medical emergencies. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP, File) FILE - Isaac Parham, left, holds up a coat hanger with "never again" spelled out on it, as demonstrators protest about abortion outside of the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, May 3, 2022, in Washington. A handful of Republican-led states will soon implement near-total bans on abortion, marking yet another slate of laws severely limiting the procedure to be allowed to go into effect after the U.S. Supreme Court's overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) FILE - Julia Bradley-Cook, of Washington, who is 7 months pregnant, poses for a portrait as she protests for abortion rights, Saturday, May 14, 2022, outside the Supreme Court in Washington. A handful of Republican-led states will soon implement near-total bans on abortion, marking yet another slate of laws severely limiting the procedure to be allowed to go into effect after the U.S. Supreme Court's overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) FILE - Abortion rights demonstrators hold up letters spelling out "My Choice" May 14, 2022, outside the Supreme Court in Washington. A handful of Republican-led states will soon implement near-total bans on abortion, marking yet another slate of laws severely limiting the procedure to be allowed to go into effect after the U.S. Supreme Court's overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) FILE - Demonstrators march and gather near the state capitol following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Friday, June 24, 2022, in Austin, Texas. In Texas, the country's second largest state has banned most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy since September. While clinics were severely limited in what services they could provide during that time, they officially stopped offering abortions on June 24 after the attorney general argued that state laws banning abortion put into place before Roe v. Wade was established in 1973 could now be enforced ahead of the implementation of the trigger law. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) FILE - People celebrate following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. A handful of Republican-led states will soon implement near-total bans on abortion, marking yet another slate of laws severely limiting the procedure to be allowed to go into effect since the June 24 decision. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Four more GOP-led states to enact abortion ‘trigger laws’