The Guttmacher Institute conducts timely research and policy analysis on abortion in the United States, including tracking legislation at the state and federal level.

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Three Years Post-Roe: The Escalating Campaign to Make Abortion Inaccessible Nationwide

This June marks three years since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. In an op-ed for Ms. Magazine, Guttmacher’s vice president for public policy Kelly Baden looks at how the abortion access landscape has shifted and how the anti-abortion movement is escalating its efforts to restrict abortion nationwide—by targeting medication abortion and interstate travel. 

Abortion Research & Policy Tools

Fact sheets on abortion laws by state and other key sexual and reproductive health policies. 

Updates on major legislative developments related to sexual and reproductive health in each state. 

Analyses of state-level reproductive health policy trends, including new abortion restrictions and protections enacted. 

Key Abortion Issues

Our resources explore disparities in access to care and how lack of access affects marginalized groups. 

Shaping the Conversation

Framing US Abortion Access: Roe and Dobbs

Explore how landmark Supreme Court decisions have shaped abortion access in the United States, alongside key abortion statistics, trends and demographic data from the Guttmacher Institute.

Roe v. Wade was a landmark 1973 US Supreme Court decision that established the federal constitutional right to abortion under the 14th Amendment, which ensures the right to privacy. Though Roe established the right to abortion—a precedent that stood for nearly 50 years—it fell short of guaranteeing universal abortion access in the United States.

In June 2022, the US Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the federal constitutional right to abortion. Dobbs cleared the way for states to pass total abortion bans and bans on abortion beginning early in gestation, accelerating the loss of abortion access in many states.

Examine key data points related to abortion in the United States, drawing on the Guttmacher Institute’s long-standing efforts to document abortion numbers and rates, characteristics of people having abortions and related indicators.

Fact Sheet: Abortion in the United States

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Explore all our resources on abortion in the United States, including peer-reviewed research, policy analyses, and tracking of major legislative updates at the state and federal level.

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