Tracking abortion laws across the United States

The US supreme court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade may have abolished the national right to abortion, but the state-by-state battle for abortion rights is far from over.

Since Roe was overturned in 2022, 14 states have enacted near-total abortion bans, while two states – Georgia and South Carolina – have banned abortion past roughly six weeks of pregnancy. Other states have enacted laws or held ballot referendums to protect abortion rights.

In flux

In a handful of other states, the future of abortion is in flux. In April 2024, for example, the Arizona supreme court said a near-total 1864 abortion ban could be enforced. However, it has not yet gone into effect and may be subject to legal delays. Voters may be able to vote to constitutionally protect abortion in a November ballot.

All of this tumult has led to a deeply uneven abortion landscape, with access to abortion clinics cut off across much of the south and midwest but standing strong on both coasts. The map below shows where state abortion laws stand as of 10 April 2024.

Sources: Abortion laws come from Center for Reproductive Rights, AbortionFinder and state statutes.

Note: Women of reproductive age data comprises women aged 15-49 from the 2020 US census. Although people who are not women and outside of these age ranges can get pregnant, this demographic is an approximation of the number of people affected.

Additional research and fact checking by Ava Sasani.