If the Supreme Court rules later this year that there is no federally protected right to an abortion,

well, in some states, the law changes immediately.

So many states had already passed legislation sometimes years ago, making clear that the moment that

row gets overruled, abortion will be illegal.

Kim Mucherson is a dean and professor of law at Rutgers University.

She's talking about so-called trigger laws in more than a dozen states that would snap into place

if and when the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.

The possibility that the court might strike down row has other Republican states,

ones without trigger laws, promising to ban abortion as soon as they can, too.

So Nebraska is a pro-life state.

I believe life begins a conception and those are babies, too.

That's Nebraska's Republican governor Pete Ricketts on CNN this month,

promising to call a special session of state lawmakers to ban abortion if the Supreme Court allows.

Including in the case of rape or incest?

There's still babies who, yes, there's still babies.

Nebraska is one of 26 states that are certain or likely to ban abortion if really struck down.

That's according to the Gootmacher Institute, a research group focused on sexual and reproductive health.

Now, it's not clear how states would enforce those bans.

Well, they pass laws that target people who help abortion patients seek care out of state,

like Texas has already done.

What about people who acquire abortion medication through the mail?

Will providers of that medication be prosecuted if they ship across state lines?

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