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An Overview of Abortion Laws

Groundwork

Since the Supreme Court handed downward its 1973 decisions in Roe five. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, states have constructed a lattice work of abortion law, codifying, regulating and limiting whether, when and under what circumstances a person may obtain an abortion. The following table highlights the major provisions of these land laws.  More detailed data tin be found by selecting the table cavalcade headings in blue. Except where noted, the laws are in upshot, although they may not ever exist enforced.

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Highlights

• Physician and Infirmary Requirements: 36 states require an abortion to be performed by a licensed medico. 19 states require an ballgame to be performed in a hospital afterwards a specified bespeak in the pregnancy, and 17 states require the interest of a second physician afterward a specified point.

• Gestational Limits: 43 states prohibit abortions later a specified point in pregnancy, with some exceptions provided. The allowable circumstances are generally when an abortion is necessary to protect the patient'southward life or health.

• "Fractional-Nascency" Abortion: 21 states accept laws in effect that prohibit "partial-birth" ballgame. three of these laws apply only to postviability abortions.

• Public Funding: 16 states employ their ain funds to pay for all or almost medically necessary abortions for Medicaid enrollees in the state. 33 states and the District of Columbia prohibit the use of state funds except in those cases when federal funds are bachelor: where the patient's life is in danger or the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. In defiance of federal requirements, South Dakota limits funding to cases of life endangerment only.

• Coverage by Private Insurance: 12 states restrict coverage of abortion in individual insurance plans, nigh often limiting coverage but to when the patient'south life would exist endangered if the pregnancy were carried to term. Most states allow the purchase of additional ballgame coverage at an additional cost.

• Refusal: 45 states permit private health care providers to pass up to participate in an abortion. 42 states allow institutions to refuse to perform abortions, sixteen of which limit refusal to private or religious institutions.

• State-Mandated Counseling: 18 states mandate that individuals be given counseling before an ballgame that includes information on at least one of the post-obit: the purported link between abortion and breast cancer (v states), the power of a fetus to feel pain (13 states) or long-term mental health consequences for the patient (eight states).

• Waiting Periods: 25 states crave a person seeking an abortion to wait a specified period of time, usually 24 hours, between when they receive counseling and the process is performed. 12 of these states take laws that effectively crave the patient make two split trips to the clinic to obtain the procedure.

• Parental Interest: 38 states require some type of parental involvement in a modest'due south decision to have an abortion. 28 states crave one or both parents to consent to the procedure, while 10 require that i or both parents exist notified.

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Geography

• Us: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Commune of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New United mexican states, New York, Northward Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Isle, Southward Carolina, S Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Overview of Country Abortion Law (page one of 2)
State	MUST BE PERFORMED By A LICENSED PHYSICIAN	MUST Exist PERFORMED IN A HOSPITAL IF AT:	2nd Physician MUST PARTICIPATE IF AT:	PROHIBITED EXCEPT IN CASES OF LIFE OR HEALTH ENDANGERMENT IF AT:	"PARTIAL-Nascence" ABORTION BANNED	PUBLIC FUNDING OF Abortion		Private INSURANCE COVERAGE LIMITED
						Funds All or Most Medically Necessary Abortions	Funds Limited  to Life Endangerment, Rape and Incest
AL	X	Viability	Viability	20 weeks*	▼		10
AK	X				▼	X
AZ	X	Viability	Viability	Viability	10		ϴ	X
AR	Ten		Viability	xx weeks †​	X		X
CA				Viability		X
CO							10
CT		Viability		Viability		X
DE	Ten			Viability Ω​			X
DC							Ten
FL	X	Viability	24 weeks	24 weeks	▼		X
GA	X			twenty weeks*	Postviability		Ten
Hi				Viability		X
ID	Ten	Viability	3rd trimester	Viability	▼		X	X
IL				Viability		10
IN	10	20 weeks	20 weeks	xx weeks*	X		Ten*	10
IA	X			xx weeks*	▼		X
KS	X		Viability	20 weeks*	X		X	X
KY	X	2d trimester		20 weeks*	▼		X	X
LA	10		Viability	20 weeks*	X		10
ME				Viability		X
MD	Ten			Viability Ω		X
MA	​			24 weeks Ω		X
MI	X			Viability ‡​	Ten		Ten	X
MN	10		20 weeks	Viability		10
MS	X Ф​			20 weeks*, €​	X		10 Ω
MO	X	Viability	Viability	Viability	X		X	10
MT			Viability	Viability*	Postviability	10
NE	Ten			xx weeks*	▼		10	X
NV	10	24 weeks		24 weeks			X
NH					X		X
NJ	X ξ​	14 weeks			▼	X
NM	X ξ​				Postviability	X
NY	10 ξ​			Viability Ω		X
NC	X	20 weeks		Viability*			X
ND	Ten			20 weeks*	10		X	10
OH	Ten	20 weeks	20 weeks	20 weeks*	X		X
OK	X	2nd trimester	Viability	20 weeks*	10		X	X
OR						X
PA	Ten	Viability	Viability	24 weeks*			X
RI	X ξ​			Viability	▼		X
SC	X	3rd trimester	3rd trimester	20 weeks*	Ten		X
SD	10	24 weeks		20 weeks*	X		Life Just
TN	Ten	Viability	Viability	Viability*	10		Ten
TX	Ten			twenty weeks*	X		Ten	X
UT	X			Viability †,Ω​	Ten		X*	X
VT						10
VA		second trimester	Viability	3rd trimester	X		10 Ω​
WA				Viability		10
WV				20 weeks*	▼		10*, Ω​
WI	X	Viability		20 weeks*	▼		X*
WY	10			Viability			10
TOTAL	36	nineteen	17	43	21	sixteen	33+DC	12
▼ Permanently enjoined; law not in effect. *   Exception in case of threat to the patient'southward physical health. † Exception in case of rape or incest. ‡ Exception in case of life endangerment just. A 2016 New York Chaser General opinion determined that the state's law conflicts with U.S. Supreme Court rulings on abortion, and that abortion care is permissible under the U.South. Constitution to protect a significant person'southward wellness, or when the fetus is not feasible. Ω Exception in case of fetal aberration. ϴ  Despite a court order, the state Medicaid program does not pay for medically necessary abortions. ξ   Merely applies to surgical abortion. In New Mexico, some only not all advanced practice clinicians may provide medication abortion. Ф  Police limits abortion provision to OB/GYNs. € A court has temporarily blocked enforcement of a Mississippi police that would accept banned abortion at fifteen weeks later on the patient'southward terminal menstrual menstruum.

Overview of State Ballgame Law (page 2 of two)
STATE	PROVIDERS MAY REFUSE TO PARTICIPATE		MANDATED COUNSELING INCLUDES INFORMATION ON:			WAITING Menstruum (in Hours) Subsequently COUNSELING	PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT REQUIRED FOR MINORS
	Private	Institution	Breast Cancer Link	Fetal Pain	Negative Psychological Effects
AL						48	Consent
AK	10	Private	X	X			▼
AZ	Ten	X				24	Consent
AR	X	X		X Ф​		72	Consent
CA	Ten	Religious					▼
CO							Notice
CT	10
DE	X	X					Notice ξ​
DC
FL	X	10				▼	Consent and Notice
GA	X	X		X		24	Notice
Howdy	10	X
ID	Ten	Ten				24	Consent
IL	Ten	Private					Notice
IN	X	Private		10		18	Consent
IA	X	Private				§	Notice
KS	Ten	10	10	Ten	X	24	Consent
KY	X	X				24	Consent
LA	X	X		X	X	24	Consent
ME	X	10
MD	X	10					Find ξ​
MA	X	X					Consent β​
MI	Ten	X			10	24	Consent
MN	X	Individual		X Ф​		24	Detect þ​
MS	10	X	X			24	Consent þ​
MO	X	X		X Ф​		72	Consent
MT	X	Private				▼	Find β​
NE	X	X			X	24	Consent
NV	X	Private					▼
NH							Detect
NJ	Ten	Individual					▼
NM	X	X					▼
NY	X
NC	10	X			10	72	Consent
ND	10	X				24	Consent þ​
OH	Ten	X				24	Consent
OK	X	Private	10	X Ф​		72	Consent and Find
OR	X	Private
PA	10	Private				24	Consent
RI	X						Consent
SC	X	Private				24	Consent
SD	10	X		X	10	72 ◊	Discover
TN	X	X				▼	Consent
TX	Ten	Private	X	X	X	24	Consent and Notice
UT	Ten	Individual		X Ф​		72 ◊​	Consent and Notice
VT
VA	Ten	Ten					Consent and Notice
WA	X	X
WV					X	24	Detect ξ​
WI	X	10		X		24	Consent ξ​
WY	Ten	Private					Consent and Notice
TOTAL	45	42	5	thirteen	8	25	38
▼ Permanently enjoined; law non in effect. §   Enforcement temporarily enjoined by courtroom order; policy not in event. Ф  Fetal pain information is given only to patients with a pregnancy at or later 20 weeks' gestation; in Missouri, patients at 22 weeks' gestation. þ   Both parents must consent to the abortion. ξ   Specified health professionals may waive parental involvement in certain circumstances. ◊   In South Dakota, the waiting flow excludes weekends or annual holidays and in Utah the waiting period is waived in cases of rape, incest, fetal defect or if the patient is younger than 15. β  Parental involvement required for minors under the age of 16.

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Source: https://www.guttmacher.org/state-policy/explore/overview-abortion-laws