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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
  • 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

  • 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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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

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