State Abortion Laws

overviews of state abortion laws

State Constitutions and Abortion Rights – From Center for Reproductive Rights, updated in real time. 

• State Constitutional Protections
• State-By-State Analysis

After Roe Fell: Abortion Laws by State – From Center for Reproductive Rights, current as of 8/24/2024.

Interactive Map: US Abortion Policies and Access After Roe – From The Guttmacher Institute, current as of 8/21/2024. Includes state abortion policies, demographic information, and abortion statistics.

Interstate Shield Laws, From Center for Reproductive Rights, 6/26/2024

STate Healthcare laws

State Medicaid Expansion Decisions – From The Kaiser Family Foundation, 5/2024. Map of state actions on Medicaid expansion. Data is also available in a table format. The map can be downloaded for use in a PowerPoint presentation.

Medicaid Postpartum Coverage Extension Tracker – From the Kaiser Family Foundation, current as of 8/1/2024. Details which states have implemented the optional extension of post-partum Medicaid coverage created by the American Rescue plan, as well as states that are in the planning or in the process of extension.

STate Contraception Laws

Court Cases and Legal Advocacy

• The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling
• Case overviews
  • Roe v. Wade and Supreme Court Abortion Cases – Brennan Center for Justice. An overview of the legal decisions that led to Roe as well as those that followed.
  • Roe v. Wade – Center for Reproductive Rights. 
• In-depth analysis and other information
  • Roe and Intersectional Liberty Doctrine – Center for Reproductive Rights. An in-depth analysis of the “liberty doctrine” of the Constitution, a group of personal freedoms that Roe protected. 

• The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling
• Case overviews
  • Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization – Center for Reproductive Rights.
• Amicus Briefs
  • Briefs in support of the challenge to Mississippi’s 15 week ban – Collected by the Center for Reproductive Rights.
• In-depth analysis and other information
  • Legal Analysis: What Dobbs Got Wrong – Center for Reproductive Rights, 3/2023. An analysis of the harmful impact of the majority opinion and how the dissenting opinion creates a framework for moving forward with Fourteenth Amendment protections for reproductive freedom. 
  • State Violence and the Far-Reaching Impact of Dobbs – If/When/How, 6/2024. The report from call center staff detailing the impact of the Dobbs decision. 

• The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling
• Case overviews
  • Threats to EMTALA: Unpacking the Oral Arguments in Idaho v. United States – O’Neill Institute at the Georgetown University Law School
• Amicus Briefs
  • Amicus briefs filed in support of EMTALA, the federal right to emergency care, including abortion – National Women’s Law Center, 03/2024.
  • Amicus brief filed by Pregnancy Justice, the NYU School of Law Reproductive Justice Clinic, and If/When/How – Pregnancy Justice, 03/2024.
• In-depth analysis and other information
  • Overview of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) and Emergency Abortion Services – Congressional Research Service, 3/2023.

• The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling
• Case overviews
  • Case Explainer – National Health Law Program. 
  • Three-Minute Legal Talks: Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo – University of Washington School of Law
• Amicus Briefs
  • American Cancer Society and National Health Law Program, 9/2023
• In-depth analysis and other information
  • Impact of the SCOTUS “Chevron Deference” Ruling on Reproductive Rights – Center for Reproductive Rights, 9/2024

• The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling
• Case overviews
  • Case Backgrounder from the Center for Reproductive Rights. 
  • Food and Drug Administration, et al. vs. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, et al. – O’Neill Institute at the Georgetown University Law School
• In-depth analysis and other information
  • Fact Sheet from National Women’s Law Center, 3/2024.