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.

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
State Laws and Policies

An Overview of Abortion Laws

Top Facts & Statistics

Resources

September 2021 Infographic
An estimated 54,000 to 63,000 U.S. abortions per year occur at 15+ weeks of pregnancy
United States
Abortion
August 2021 Blog / Letter / Op-ed
Texas Set to Ban Most Abortions Next Week

Elizabeth Nash and Lauren Cross,Ms. Magazine
United States
Abortion
August 2021 Research Article
Abortion Access for Incarcerated People: Incidence of Abortion and Policies at U.S. Prisons and Jails

Carolyn Sufrin, Rachel K. Jones, Lauren Beal, William D. Mosher and Suzanne Bell,Obstetrics & Gynecology
United States
Abortion
July 2021 Policy Analysis
State Policy Trends at Midyear 2021: Already the Worst Legislative Year Ever for U.S. Abortion Rights

Elizabeth Nash and Sophia Naide
United States
Abortion
Teens
June 2021 Blog / Letter / Op-ed
Abortion Is at the Supreme Court Again. It's Different This Time

Elizabeth Nash,Scientific American
United States
Abortion
May 2021 Policy Analysis
In Direct Threat to Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court Takes Up Mississippi Abortion Case

Elizabeth Nash and Lauren Cross
United States
Abortion
April 2021 Policy Analysis
2021 Is on Track to Become the Most Devastating Antiabortion State Legislative Session in Decades

Elizabeth Nash and Lauren Cross
United States
Abortion
March 2021 Policy Analysis
Righting the Course: What Congress and the Biden-Harris Administration Must Do for Abortion Access in the United States

Megan K. Donovan,Guttmacher Policy Review
United States
Abortion
March 2021 Policy Analysis
The Danger Ahead: Early Indicators Show States Will Be the Main Abortion Battleground in 2021

Elizabeth Nash
United States
Abortion
December 2020 Policy Analysis
State Policy Trends 2020: Reproductive Health and Rights in a Year Like No Other

Elizabeth Nash, Lizamarie Mohammed, Olivia Cappello and Sophia Naide
United States
Abortion
Contraception
Pregnancy

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Hear From An Expert

Abortions in the United States are happening earlier in pregnancy than they used to: Two-thirds occur within the first eight weeks of pregnancy. Medication abortion helps make this possible.

Rachel K. Jones

Principal Research Scientist

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