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 four states – Georgia, South Carolina, Florida and Iowa – 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 due to legal challenges. Several states are also likely to hold ballot measures on abortion rights during the November elections, including key battleground states like Arizona and Nevada.

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 29 July 2024.

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

Note: Women of reproductive age data

Additional research and fact checking by Ava Sasani.