As of January 11, 2024, abortion is considered legal in the United States, but nearly two dozen states have banned or severely restricted access to the procedure
. Since the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022, 14 states have enacted near-total abortion bans, while two states, Georgia and South Carolina, have banned abortion past roughly six weeks of pregnancy
. The states where abortion is most limited or banned include:
- Alabama: Near-total ban
- Arkansas: Near-total ban
- Idaho: Near-total ban
- Kentucky: Near-total ban
- Indiana: Banned in almost all circumstances
- Kansas: Banned in almost all circumstances
- Kentucky: Banned in almost all circumstances
- Louisiana: Banned in almost all circumstances
- Mississippi: Banned in almost all circumstances
- Missouri: Banned in almost all circumstances
- Montana: Banned in almost all circumstances
- Ohio: Six-week ban
In some states, the future of abortion is in flux, with the Florida state supreme court potentially allowing a six-week abortion ban
. Abortion remains legal in the rest of the country, and many states have added new protections since Dobbs
