The US supreme court docket’s determination to overturn Roe v Wade could have abolished the nationwide proper to abortion, however the state-by-state battle for abortion rights is much from over.
Since Roe was overturned in 2022, 14 states have enacted near-total abortion bans, whereas two states – Georgia and South Carolina – have banned abortion previous roughly six weeks of being pregnant. Different states have enacted legal guidelines or held poll referendums to guard abortion rights.
In a handful of different states, the way forward for abortion is in flux. The Florida state supreme court docket, for instance, could quickly give the inexperienced mild to yet one more six-week abortion ban.
All of this tumult has led to a deeply uneven abortion panorama, with entry to abortion clinics reduce off throughout a lot of the south and midwest however standing sturdy on each coasts. The map beneath reveals the place state abortion legal guidelines stand as of 6 November 2023.
- Banned at conception or after 6 weeks
- Banned after 12-13 weeks
- Banned after 15-18 weeks
In flux
Sources: Abortion legal guidelines come from Middle for Reproductive Rights, AbortionFinder and state statutes.
Be aware: Ladies of reproductive age knowledge is ladies aged 15-49 from the 2020 US census. Though people who find themselves not ladies and out of doors of those age ranges can get pregnant, this demographic is an approximation of the variety of individuals effected.
Extra analysis and reality checking by Ava Sasani.
