Tracking Abortion Laws Across The United States

The US ultimate court’s determination to overturn Roe v Wade whitethorn person abolished nan nationalist correct to abortion, but nan state-by-state conflict for abortion authorities is acold from over.

Since Roe was overturned successful 2022, 12 states person enacted near-total abortion bans, while 4 states – Georgia, South Carolina, Florida and Iowa – person banned abortion past astir six weeks of pregnancy. Other states person enacted laws aliases held ballot referendums to protect abortion rights.

In flux

In a fistful of different states, nan early of abortion is successful flux owed to ineligible challenges. In May 2025, for instance, nan Missouri authorities ultimate tribunal efficaciously reinstated nan state’s abortion prohibition by vacating lower-court orders that had allowed abortion providers to connection nan procedure.

Missouri is 1 of 10 states that held votes connected abortion-related ballot measures during nan November 2024 elections, pinch 7 of them approving amendments to either overturn bans aliases enshrine existing rights.

All of this tumult has led to a profoundly uneven abortion landscape, pinch entree to abortion clinics trim disconnected crossed overmuch of nan southbound and midwest but opinionated beardown connected some coasts. The representation beneath shows wherever authorities abortion laws guidelines arsenic of 28 May2025.

Sources: Abortion laws travel from Center for Reproductive Rights, AbortionFinder and authorities statutes.

Note: Women of reproductive property information

Additional investigation and truth checking by Ava Sasani.

This tracker, first published connected 28 June 2022 and created by Jessica Glenza pinch reporting by Poppy Noor, is being regularly updated to guarantee that it reflects nan existent business arsenic champion arsenic possible. The astir caller update will person been made astatine nan day shown astatine nan apical of nan article. Any important corrections made to this aliases erstwhile versions will proceed to beryllium footnoted beneath successful statement pinch Guardian editorial policy.