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

January 2017 Infographic
93% of Women in the South Live in a State Hostile to Or Extremely Hostile to Abortion
United States
Abortion
Contraception
January 2017 Infographic
Assault on Abortion Access Continues
United States
Abortion
Contraception
October 2016 News Release
Fungibility-Based Attacks on Family Planning Services Are Flawed, Hypocritical and Harmful to Women
United States
Abortion
Contraception
October 2016 Policy Analysis
“Fungibility”: The Argument at the Center of a 40-Year Campaign to Undermine Reproductive Health and Rights

Joerg Dreweke,Guttmacher Policy Review
United States
Abortion
Contraception
September 2016 News in Context
40 Years Is Enough: Let’s End the Harmful and Unjust Hyde Amendment

Ann M. Starrs
United States
Abortion
September 2016 Blog / Letter / Op-ed
40 Years Is Enough: Let’s End the Harmful and Unjust Hyde Amendment

Ann M. Starrs,Huffington Post
United States
Abortion
July 2016 Infographic
The 334 abortion restrictions enacted by states from 2011 to July 2016 account for 30% of all abortion restrictions since Roe v. Wade.
United States
Abortion
July 2016 Blog / Letter / Op-ed
Legislators Have Introduced 445 Provisions to Restrict Abortion So Far This Year

Elizabeth Nash, Rachel Benson Gold, Zohra Ansari-Thomas, Olivia Cappello and Lizamarie Mohammed,Rewire
United States
Abortion
Contraception
HIV & STIs
Pregnancy
July 2016 Policy Analysis
Laws Affecting Reproductive Health and Rights: State Trends at Midyear, 2016

Elizabeth Nash, Rachel Benson Gold, Zohra Ansari-Thomas, Olivia Cappello and Lizamarie Mohammed
United States
Abortion
Contraception
HIV & STIs
Pregnancy
Teens
May 2016 News Release
In Countering Zika, Women’s Right to Self-Determination Must Be Central
United States
Abortion
Contraception
Pregnancy

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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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