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Tracking where abortion laws stand in every state Tracking where abortion laws stand in every state
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In more than half the states, abortion is now banned or under serious threat Abortion is now banned in 14 states and severely restricted in five others
The US supreme court ruled that abortion is not protected under the constitution, which means states now have the power to regulate the procedure as they see fit. The US supreme court ruled in June 2022 that abortion is not protected under the constitution, which means states now have the power to regulate the procedure as they see fit.
Abortion bans invalidated by Roe v Wade have suddenly been resurrected. States hostile to abortion are now putting into force “trigger laws”, designed to ban abortion if federal protections were overturned. And inevitably conservative state legislatures and governors will pass additional restrictions in the coming weeks and months. In about 60% of states, abortion is now banned, soon-to-be banned or under serious threat. Since the ruling, abortion bans invalidated by Roe v Wade in some states were resurrected. Elsewhere, “trigger laws”, designed to ban abortion if federal protections were overturned, went into effect. In other states, new bans were passed.
The result is likely to be abortion bans across wide swaths of the south and midwest, and abortion protected in coastal states. The map below shows where state abortion laws stand as of 11 October. A year after the Dobbs decision, abortion is banned in 14 states and severely restricted in five others, creating a patchwork of vasty unequal access to reproductive care. The map below shows where state abortion laws stand as of 13 June 2023.
The legal status of abortionThe legal status of abortion
The table below shows the current situation for abortion access in each state.The table below shows the current situation for abortion access in each state.
Additional research by Aliya Uteuova and Noa Yachot Additional research by Aliya Uteuova
This story will be updated as more abortion restrictions take effectThis story will be updated as more abortion restrictions take effect
Additional research by Aliya Uteuova and Noa Yachot Additional research by Aliya Uteuova
This story will be updated as more abortion restrictions take effectThis story will be updated as more abortion restrictions take effect