Trump says abortion should be up to states. Here’s where it’s banned — and where it’s protected.
Sixteen states already ban abortion. In May, Florida, and possibly Arizona, will join them.
Former President Donald Trump on Monday declined to endorse a federal abortion ban and said that the issue is in the hands of the states in the post-Roe era.
The Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade nearly two years ago created a patchwork — and ever changing — landscape of abortion access in the United States, with roughly a third of states prohibiting the procedure in nearly all circumstances. That includes almost all of the southeastern United States, after a recent Florida Supreme Court ruling triggered a six-week abortion ban in the state that will take effect May 1 and cut off a key regional access point for the procedure.
On Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a 160-year old aw outlawing abortions at any stage of pregnancy unless the patient’s life is in danger, with no exceptions for rape or incest. That decision could take effect as early as the end of May, though it is unclear how, whether and when the law will be enforced.
And ongoing litigation in other states, such as Nebraska, Iowa and Utah, could mean more changes to state abortion laws this year.
Abortion-rights groups are also pushing this year to pass constitutional amendments that would protect abortion access in states like Montana and Nevada and overturn abortion bans in Florida and Missouri.
Explore the map and table below for more on each state’s abortion laws:
