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  • Roe v. Wade in Peril
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  • U.S. policy resources
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  • State legislation tracker

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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
  • Insurance Coverage
  • 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

  • 58%

    of women 13–44 live in a state hostile or extremely hostile to abortion rights
  • 37

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

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

Resources

  • March 2016 Policy Analysis

    New Clarity for the U.S. Abortion Debate: A Steep Drop in Unintended Pregnancy Is Driving Recent Abortion Declines

    Joerg Dreweke,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • February 2016 Policy Analysis

    Fetal Tissue Research: A Weapon and a Casualty in the War Against Abortion

    Heather D. Boonstra,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Abortion
  • January 2016 News in Context

    Last Five Years Account for More Than One-quarter of All Abortion Restrictions Enacted Since Roe

    United States

    • Abortion
  • January 2016 Infographic

    More than one-quarter of the 1,074 state abortion restrictions since Roe v. Wade were enacted between 2011 and 2015

    United States

    • Abortion
  • January 2016 Infographic

    Specific approaches to restricting abortion access have changed significantly since Roe v. Wade

    United States

    • Abortion
  • January 2016 Infographic

    The 10 states that adopted 10 or more new abortion restrictions between 2011 and 2015 together account for 60% of all 288 new restrictions

    United States

    • Abortion
  • January 2016 Policy Analysis

    Learning from Experience: Where Religious Liberty Meets Reproductive Rights

    Adam Sonfield,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • January 2016 Infographic

    States enacted nearly as many new abortion restrictions in the last five years as in the previous 15 years

    United States

    • Abortion
  • January 2016 Infographic

    States have taken many routes to restricting access to abortion over the last five years

    United States

    • Abortion
  • January 2016 News in Context

    2015 Year-End State Policy Roundup

    Elizabeth Nash, Rachel Benson Gold, Zohra Ansari-Thomas and Gwendolyn Rathbun

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception

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Amid ongoing challenges, reproductive rights supporters have scored key state-level victories on contraceptive access and abortion rights.

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