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

December 2019 Infographic
In 2019, U.S. state policies enacted to restrict abortion outweighed policies to protect it, but the gap has narrowed greatly
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December 2019 Infographic
In 2019, states enacted 145 proactive reproductive health policies
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December 2019 Policy Analysis
State Policy Trends 2019: A Wave of Abortion Bans, But Some States Are Fighting Back

Elizabeth Nash, Lizamarie Mohammed, Olivia Cappello and Sophia Naide
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September 2019 Policy Analysis
The U.S. Abortion Rate Continues to Drop: Once Again, State Abortion Restrictions Are Not the Main Driver

Elizabeth Nash and Joerg Dreweke,Guttmacher Policy Review
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August 2019 Policy Analysis
State Abortion Policy Landscape: From Hostile to Supportive

Elizabeth Nash
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August 2019 Research Article
Predicted changes in abortion access and incidence in a post-Roe world

Caitlin Myers, Rachel K. Jones and Ushma D. Upadhyay,Contraception
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August 2019 News Release
If Roe Were Overturned, As Many As 140,000 Individuals Could Be Prevented from Accessing Clinical Abortion Services During the First Year
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July 2019 Policy Analysis
State Policy Trends at Mid-Year 2019: States Race to Ban or Protect Abortion

Elizabeth Nash, Lizamarie Mohammed, Olivia Cappello, Sophia Naide and Zohra Ansari-Thomas
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May 2019 Policy Analysis
Improving Access to Abortion via Telehealth

Megan K. Donovan,Guttmacher Policy Review
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April 2019 Policy Analysis
Radical Attempts to Ban Abortion Dominate State Policy Trends in the First Quarter of 2019

Elizabeth Nash, Olivia Cappello, Sophia Naide, Lizamarie Mohammed and Zohra Ansari-Thomas
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Hear From An Expert

U.S. abortion opponents have a long-term strategy to restrict abortion access at the state level, which is reshaping the abortion policy landscape state by state

Elizabeth Nash

Principal Policy Associate, State Issues

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