State Abortion Laws: A Guide to Where Abortion Has (and Hasn't) Been Banned
glamour.comruling. Some states took steps to or expand access after the fall of . In others, abortion rights remain in legal limbo. And in at least a dozen states, total or near-total have already gone into effect.But if you think the buck is going to stop at the state level, think again.
Congressional Republicans are attempting to pass a too, though the bill is unlikely to make much headway in a Democrat-controlled Senate.
Even so, it's a frightening sign of things to come.So what are the abortion laws by state? How can you near you? To help you make sense of these impending threats to reproductive freedom, here's a field guide to the shifting landscape of : where they , who they do (and don't) criminalize, and how they're expected to evolve in the coming weeks.
A total abortion ban with no exceptions for rape and incest is in effect.Abortion at any stage of pregnancy is considered under Alabama law with in the event of ectopic pregnancy, medical emergency, lethal anomaly in the fetus that would result in stillbirth or death sooner after birth, and serious health risk to the mother.
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