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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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  • 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
  • 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

  • January 2017 Infographic

    Efforts to Improve Reproductive Health Access are Growing

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • January 2017 Policy Analysis

    Policy Trends in the States: 2016

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

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • January 2017 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    2016 Brought a Flood of Abortion Restrictions, But Also a Surge of Proactive Measures

    Elizabeth Nash and Rachel Benson Gold,Rewire

    United States

    • Abortion
  • January 2017 Infographic

    93% of Women in the South Live in a State Hostile to Or Extremely Hostile to Abortion

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • January 2017 Infographic

    Assault on Abortion Access Continues

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • January 2017 Infographic

    22 States are Extremely Hostile to Abortion

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • October 2016 News Release

    Fungibility-Based Attacks on Family Planning Services Are Flawed, Hypocritical and Harmful to Women

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • October 2016 Policy Analysis

    “Fungibility”: The Argument at the Center of a 40-Year Campaign to Undermine Reproductive Health and Rights

    Joerg Dreweke,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • September 2016 News in Context

    40 Years Is Enough: Let’s End the Harmful and Unjust Hyde Amendment

    Ann M. Starrs

    United States

    • Abortion
  • September 2016 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    40 Years Is Enough: Let’s End the Harmful and Unjust Hyde Amendment

    Ann M. Starrs,Huffington Post

    United States

    • Abortion

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Opponents of abortion rights have long sought to restrict access to abortion care under the guise of advancing public health, and have in the process subverted important protections like informed consent and clinic safety regulations. States should ensure compliance with their laws, but there is no justification for singling out abortion providers for special surveillance to achieve this end—or using a public health tool, abortion surveillance, to do so

Joerg Dreweke

Associate Director of U.S. Communications

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