from being enforced. 2018 – the trump administration repealed guidance issued in 2016 by the obama administration, which had informed states that ending medicaid funding for planned parenthood or other healthcare providers that performed abortions might be against federal law. the obama administration had contended that medicaid law permitted states to ban providers from the program only if the providers could not perform covered services or bill for those services. 2018 – the eighth amendment of the constitution of ireland, which recognized "the unborn" as having a right to life equal to that of "the mother", was repealed by referendum. 2018 – national institute of family and life advocates v. becerra was a case before the supreme court of the united states addressing the constitutionality of california's fact act, which mandated that crisis pregnancy centers provide certain disclosures about state services. the law required that licensed centers post visible notices that other options for pregnancy, including abortion, are available from state-sponsored clinics. it also mandated that unlicensed centers post notice of their unlicensed status. the centers, typically run by christian non-profit groups, challenged the act on the basis that it violated their free speech. after prior reviews in lower courts, the case was brought to the supreme court, asking "whether the disclosures required by the california reproductive fact act violate the protections set forth in the free speech clause of the first amendment, applicable to the states through the 14th amendment." the court ruled on june 26, 2018, in a 5–4 decision that the notices required by the fact act violate the first amendment by targeting speakers rather than speech. 2018 – on may 4, governor kim reynolds signed into law a bill that would ban abortion in iowa after a fetal heartbeat is detected, starting july 1, 2018. 2019 2019 – on january 1, a law came into force in arizona that required women to provide detailed medical information that was to be submitted to the state before they were allowed to have an abortion. among the information the law required abortion providers to collect was whether the abortion was elective or therapeutic, the number of abortions they have had in the past and information on any medical complications they have as a result of the abortion. this information is then collected by the department of health services, which provides the state with an annual report on abortions, along with information on how abortions are paid for. 2019 – the health (regulation of termination of pregnancy) act 2018 (act no. 31 of 2018; previously bill no. 105 of 2018) came into effect; it is an act of the oireachtas which defines the circumstances and processes within which abortion may be legally performed in ireland. it permits terminations to be carried out up to 12 weeks of pregnancy; or where there is a risk to the life, or of serious harm to the health, of the pregnant woman; or where there is a risk to the life, or of serious harm to the health, of the pregnant woman in an emergency; or where there is a condition present which is likely to lead to the death of the fetus either before or within 28 days of birth. 2018 – on may 4, governor kim reynolds signed into law a bill that would ban abortion in iowa after a fetal heartbeat is detected, starting july 1, 2018. on january 22, 2019, a county district judge declared the law to be in violation of iowa's state constitution and entered a permanent injunction prohibiting its enforcement. 2019 – the government of south korea criminalized abortion in the 1953 criminal code in all circumstances. this law was later amended, but not repealed. however, the constitutional court on 11 april 2019 ruled the abortion law unconstitutional and ordered the law's revision by the end of 2020. 2019 – new york state passed the reproductive health act (rha), which repealed a pre-roe v. wade provision that banned third-trimester abortions except in cases where the continuation of the pregnancy endangered a pregnant woman's life. the law said: "the legislature finds that comprehensive reproductive health care, including contraception and abortion, is a fundamental component of a woman's health, privacy, and equality." the bill also allowed qualified health practitioners to perform abortions, not just licensed medical doctors. 2019 – box v. planned parenthood of indiana and kentucky, inc. (docket 18-483) was a united states supreme court case dealing with the constitutionality of a 2016 anti-abortion law passed in the state of indiana. indiana's law sought to ban abortions performed solely on the basis of the fetus' gender, race, ethnicity, or disabilities. lower courts had blocked enforcement of the law for violating a woman's right to abortion under privacy concerns within the fourteenth amendment, as previously found in the landmark cases roe v. wade and planned parenthood v. casey. the lower courts also blocked enforcement of another portion of the law that required the disposal of aborted fetuses through burial or cremation. the per curiam decision by the supreme court overturned the injunction on the fetal disposal portion of the law, but otherwise did not challenge or confirm the lower courts' ruling on the non-discrimination clauses, leaving these in place. 2019 – in the united states in june, the trump administration was allowed by a federal court of appeals to implement, while legal appeals continue, a policy restricting taxpayer dollars given to family planning facilities through title x. this policy requires that companies receiving title x funding must not mention abortion to patients, provide abortion referrals, or share space with abortion providers. 2019 – a federal judge in the united states declared unconstitutional the trump administration's "conscience rule" that would have allowed providers of health care to refuse to participate in sterilizations, abortions, or other types of care they disagreed with on moral or religious grounds. 2019 – the newly elected government in argentina issued a protocol expanding access to abortion to include cases of rape. 2019 – the california state senate passed senate bill 24, the college student right to access act. the act requires public state universities to offer mifepristone, the abortion pill, to female students at zero cost by january 1, 2023; funding for the program will be paid for through insurance and private grants with $200,000 to each university of california and california state university health clinic for training and equipment. university clinics also have to set aside an additional $200,000 each to set up a student hotline to provide information to women seeking advice and assistance. the bill was approved by both the california state assembly and california state senate as amended on september 13, 2019, was enacted by governor gavin newsom on october 11, 2019, and went into effect on january 1, 2020. 2019 – illinois passed bills, known as the illinois reproductive health act, that provided statutory protections for abortions, and rescinded previous legislation that banned some late-term abortions and a 45-year-old law that had made performing such abortions a criminal offense. the illinois reproductive health act says that women have the "fundamental right" to access abortion services, and that a "fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus does not have independent rights". 2019 – the indiana legislature passed a ban on the most common type of second-trimester abortion procedure in the state in april. 2019 – in april, the kansas supreme court ruled that the right to abortion is inherent within the state's constitution and bill of rights, such that even if roe v. wade was overturned and the federal protection of abortion rights was withdrawn, the right would still be allowed within kansas, barring a change in the state constitution. 2019 – prior to 2019, kentucky law prohibited abortions after week 22. this changed when the state legislature passed a law that moved the prohibition to week 6 in the early part of the year. 2019 – an early pregnancy abortion bill was signed into law by mississippi governor phil bryant. 2019 – the trust nevada women act, sb 179, was signed into law by democratic governor steve sisolak. the new law made several changes to existing abortion laws in the state of nevada, including decriminalizing the performing of abortion procedures, and removing informed consent laws that said doctors needed to tell women of the "emotional implications" of having an abortion and what women should do after the procedure to avoid post-op complications; the latter was changed to require doctors to "describe the nature and consequences of the procedure" of abortion to women getting abortions. the law also meant doctors no longer had to collect data about women getting abortions related to their marital status and age. 2019 - u.s. district judge william osteen formally struck down north carolina's 'life of the mother only' 20-week abortion ban in 2019. his judgement pushed the date of which abortions could be performed to the date of viability, which is later for many women. 2019 – the reproductive privacy act banned rhode island from restricting "an individual person from preventing, commencing, continuing, or terminating that individual's pregnancy prior to fetal viability" or after fetal viability "to preserve the health or life" of the pregnant individual. it also forbade state restrictions on contraceptives in rhode island, repealed bans on partial-birth abortions in rhode island, forbade medical professionals from being charged with felony assault for performing abortions in rhode island, and repealed requirements for abortion providers to notify a husband before giving his wife an abortion in rhode island. 2019 – ohio governor mike dewine signed the human rights and heartbeat protection act, which bans abortion in the state after a fetal heartbeat is detectable. on june 24, 2022, after the supreme court of the united states overturned roe v. wade, judge michael r. barrett lifted a preliminary injunction that had blocked state officials from enforcing the law against certain abortion providers, allowing the human rights and heartbeat protection act to take full effect. 2019 – the utah legislature passed a bill limiting abortions after 18 weeks of pregnancy. 2020 2020 – democratic virginia governor ralph northam signed bills removing regulations that had required abortion seekers to have an ultrasound at least 24 hours before receiving an abortion and to get counseling on alternatives to abortion, removing the requirement that facilities providing more than five abortions each year be designated as hospitals, and allowing nurse practitioners to perform first trimester abortions. 2020 – in march 2020, oklahoma governor kevin stitt signed an executive order to limit elective medical procedures, later confirming that all types of abortion services were included, except for those necessary in a medical emergency or to "prevent serious health risks" to the pregnant woman. however, on april 6, federal judge charles barnes goodwin blocked the executive order, ruling that the state acted in an arbitrary, unreasonable, and oppressive way, which posed an undue burden on abortion access in oklahoma. 2020 – on march 24, 2020, governor brad little of idaho signed into law s1385, which is a trigger law stating that if and when states are again allowed to ban abortion on their own authority then abortion would be illegal in idaho except for cases of the life of the mother, rape or incest. 2020 – after the passage of the roe act in 2020, which codified abortion rights in the state of massachusetts, abortions can be performed after 24 weeks in cases of fetal anomalies and risks to a patient's mental or physical health. the roe act also lowered the age patients can have abortions without parental consent from 18 to 16. 2020 – june medical services, llc v. russo (formerly june medical services, llc v. gee) (591 u.s. ___ (2020)) was a u.s. supreme court case which ruled that a louisiana state law placing hospital-admission requirements on abortion clinics doctors, which had mirrored a texas state law previously found unconstitutional under whole woman's health v. hellerstedt (579 u.s. ___ (2016)) (wwh), was also unconstitutional. 2020 – a law was enacted in mississippi banning abortions based on the sex, race, or genetic abnormality of the fetus. 2020 – the patient protection and affordable care act of the united states tried to require employers to offer health-insurance plans that paid for contraceptives. the law specifically exempted churches, but not faith-based ministries. due to