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United States Abortion

State Policies on Abortion

The Guttmacher Institute monitors and analyzes legislation, regulation and judicial action related to state policy developments on abortion rights and access. This effort is used to prepare monthly updates on new policy developments and the status of state laws and policies.

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  • Policy Analysis

    State Policy Trends 2019: A Wave of Abortion Bans, But Some States Are Fighting Back

  • Policy Analysis

    COVID-19 Abortion Bans Would Greatly Increase Driving Distances for Those Seeking Care

  • U.S. state map with text "State Laws and Policies"
    State Laws and Policies

    An Overview of Abortion Laws

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 37

    states require parental involvement before a minor obtains an abortion
  • 38%

    of women 13–44 live in a state supportive of abortion rights
  • 58%

    of women 13–44 live in a state hostile or extremely hostile to abortion rights

Resources

  • If abortion care in Texas shut down, the average driving distance to a clinic would increase 1,925% each way from 12 miles to 243 miles
    April 2020 Infographic

    Driving distance to an abortion clinic in Texas would increase dramatically after a COVID-19 abortion ban

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Pregnancy
  • If abortion care in Oklahoma shut down, the average driving distance to a clinic would increase 1,007% each way from 14 miles to 155 miles
    April 2020 Infographic

    Driving distance to an abortion clinic in Oklahoma would increase dramatically after a COVID-19 abortion ban

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Pregnancy
  • April 2020 Policy Analysis

    COVID-19 Abortion Bans Would Greatly Increase Driving Distances for Those Seeking Care

    Jonathan Bearak, Rachel K. Jones, Elizabeth Nash and Megan K. Donovan

    United States

    • Abortion
  • February 2020 Policy Analysis

    “Parental Involvement” Mandates for Abortion Harm Young People, But Policymakers Can Fight Back

    Sophia Naide

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Teens
  • December 2019 Infographic

    In 2019, states enacted 145 proactive reproductive health policies

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • December 2019 Policy Analysis

    State Policy Trends 2019: A Wave of Abortion Bans, But Some States Are Fighting Back

    Elizabeth Nash, Lizamarie Mohammed, Olivia Cappello and Sophia Naide

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • December 2019 Infographic

    In 2019, U.S. state policies enacted to restrict abortion outweighed policies to protect it, but the gap has narrowed greatly

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • September 2019 Policy Analysis

    The U.S. Abortion Rate Continues to Drop: Once Again, State Abortion Restrictions Are Not the Main Driver

    Elizabeth Nash and Joerg Dreweke,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Abortion
  • August 2019 Policy Analysis

    State Abortion Policy Landscape: From Hostile to Supportive

    Elizabeth Nash

    United States

    • Abortion
  • August 2019 Research Article

    Predicted changes in abortion access and incidence in a post-Roe world

    Caitlin Myers, Rachel K. Jones and Ushma D. Upadhyay,Contraception

    United States

    • Abortion

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There has been a widespread assault on abortion rights and access at the state level. Between 2011 and 2019, there were over 480 state abortion restrictions enacted, and the types of restrictions were more burdensome and extreme than those we were seeing just a few years before

Elizabeth Nash

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