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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.

  • Demographics
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  • State Policies on Abortion
  • 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
  • 58%

    of women 13–44 live in a state hostile or extremely hostile to abortion rights
  • 38%

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

Resources

  • 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
  • July 2019 Policy Analysis

    State Policy Trends at Mid-Year 2019: States Race to Ban or Protect Abortion

    Elizabeth Nash, Lizamarie Mohammed, Olivia Cappello, Sophia Naide and Zohra Ansari-Thomas

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • May 2019 Policy Analysis

    Improving Access to Abortion via Telehealth

    Megan K. Donovan,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Abortion
  • April 2019 Policy Analysis

    Radical Attempts to Ban Abortion Dominate State Policy Trends in the First Quarter of 2019

    Elizabeth Nash, Olivia Cappello, Sophia Naide, Lizamarie Mohammed and Zohra Ansari-Thomas

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • March 2019 Policy Analysis

    A Surge in Bans on Abortion as Early as Six Weeks, Before Most People Know They Are Pregnant

    Elizabeth Nash

    United States

    • Abortion
  • February 2019 Policy Analysis

    Manufactured Outrage about Abortion Masks the Real Agenda

    Megan K. Donovan

    United States

    • Abortion
  • January 2019 Policy Analysis

    Ensuring Access to Abortion at the State Level: Selected Examples and Lessons

    Elizabeth Nash and Megan K. Donovan,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Abortion
  • December 2018 Infographic

    In 2018, state policies enacted to support reproductive health far outweighed the number of restrictions

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • December 2018 Infographic

    State abortion bans by gestational age

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • December 2018 Policy Analysis

    State Policy Trends 2018: With Roe v. Wade in Jeopardy, States Continued to Add New Abortion Restrictions

    Elizabeth Nash, Rachel Benson Gold, Zohra Ansari-Thomas, Olivia Cappello, Sophia Naide and Lizamarie Mohammed

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception

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The impact of restrictions on abortion services falls hardest upon low-income women. Some women want to terminate their pregnancies but live in areas with laws that severely restrict access to abortion and have limited resources and support. They are left with no practical options other than to self-induce, which in turn puts them at risk of prosecution. This situation is common in many countries where abortion is highly restricted

Elizabeth Nash

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