Where Abortion Is Legal and Where It Loses Protections Without Roe v. Wade

Abortion access across the U.S. now depends on state laws after Supreme Court overturned 1973 decision that established constitutional right to an abortion

Near-total

abortion ban

Could soon

ban nearly all*

Unenforced or

narrow ban†

Neither banned

nor protected

Access to abortion

protected

Wash.

N.H.

Maine

Vt.

Mont.

N.D.

Minn.

Ore.

Mass.

Idaho

Wis.

N.Y.

S.D.

Mich.

Wyo.

Iowa

Pa.

Neb.

R.I.

Nev.

Ohio

Ind.

Ill.

Conn.

Utah

W.Va.

Colo.

N.J.

Va.

Kan.

Mo.

Ky.

Calif.

Del.

Md.

N.C.

Tenn.

D.C.

Ariz.

Okla.

Ark.

N.M.

S.C.

Ga.

Ala.

Miss.

Texas

La.

Alaska

Fla.

Hawaii

Share of reproductive-age

women who live in these states

14%

43%

43%

Near-total abortion ban

Neither

banned nor

protected

Access to

abortion

protected

Could soon ban nearly all*

Unenforced or narrow ban†

Wash.

N.H.

Maine

Vt.

Mont.

N.D.

Minn.

Ore.

Mass.

Idaho

Wis.

N.Y.

S.D.

Mich.

Wyo.

Iowa

Pa.

Neb.

Nev.

Ohio

R.I.

Ind.

Ill.

Utah

W.Va.

Conn.

Colo.

Va.

Kan.

Mo.

Ky.

Calif.

N.J.

Del.

N.C.

Tenn.

Md.

Ariz.

Okla.

Ark.

N.M.

S.C.

D.C.

Ga.

Ala.

Miss.

Texas

La.

Alaska

Fla.

Hawaii

Share of reproductive-age

women who live in these states

38%

14%

43%

43%

Near-total abortion ban

Neither

banned nor

protected

Access to

abortion

protected

Could soon ban nearly all*

Unenforced or narrow ban†

Wash.

N.H.

Maine

Vt.

Mont.

N.D.

Minn.

Ore.

Mass.

Idaho

Wis.

N.Y.

S.D.

Mich.

Wyo.

Iowa

Pa.

Neb.

Nev.

Ohio

Ind.

Ill.

Utah

W.Va.

Colo.

R.I.

Va.

Kan.

Mo.

Ky.

Calif.

Conn.

N.C.

Tenn.

N.J.

Ariz.

Okla.

Ark.

N.M.

S.C.

Del.

Md.

Ga.

Ala.

Miss.

D.C.

Texas

La.

Alaska

Fla.

Hawaii

Share of reproductive-age

women who live in these states

14%

43%

43%

Near-total abortion ban

Could soon ban nearly all*

Unenforced or narrow ban†

Neither banned nor protected

Access to abortion protected

N.H.

Wash.

Maine

Vt.

Mont.

N.D.

Minn.

Ore.

Mass.

Idaho

Wis.

N.Y.

S.D.

Mich.

Wyo.

Iowa

Pa.

Neb.

Ohio

Nev.

Ill.

Ind.

Utah

W.Va.

Colo.

Va.

Kan.

Mo.

Calif.

R.I.

Ky.

N.C.

Tenn.

Conn.

Ariz.

Okla.

Ark.

N.M.

S.C.

Ala.

N.J.

Ga.

Miss.

Del.

Texas

La.

Md.

Alaska

Fla.

Hawaii

D.C.

Share of reproductive-age

women who live in these states

14%

43%

43%

Near-total abortion ban

Could soon ban nearly all*

Unenforced or narrow ban†

Neither banned nor protected

Access to abortion protected

D.C.

Share of reproductive-age

women who live in these states

14%

43%

43%

*Trigger ban or near-total post-Dobbs ban temporarily blocked or not immediate †No trigger ban but has unenforced near-total pre-Dobbs ban or six-week ban (one in effect)
Note: Laws as of April 27.

Sources: Guttmacher Institute, staff reports

The Supreme Court in June 2022 overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that established the constitutional right to an abortion.

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