Mapped: Abortion Legality in America by State
What We’re Showing
This map highlights how states have altered abortion legality in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in June 2022, using data from the Center for Reproductive Rights.
What Is Roe v. Wade?
Roe v. Wade refers to the landmark ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973 that dictated that the Constitution of the United States protected an individual’s right to have an abortion.
In June of 2022, the former ruling was overturned, giving each state the ability to decide on abortion legality.
What Happened After Roe Was Overturned?
Since the June 2022 ruling, 14 states—including Texas, Missouri, and much of the South—have made abortion illegal.
Views on abortion in another 11 states are “hostile,” meaning the states have indicated a desire to ban abortion and have no protections in place.
Conversely, 11 states—predominantly located on the east and west coasts—have moved to expand access to abortions and associated care in the wake of the decision to overturn Roe. An additional 11 states have opted to protect abortions rights, though some limitations still exist.
Abortion is accessible to varying degrees in the remaining states, but no protections to abortion rights are in place.