What We Know About the Arizona Abortion Ban

The state’s highest court upheld an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions. Here’s what to know about the ruling.

Around the world, bans do not make abortion much rarer

But they can make care for all pregnancies worse.

The astonishing radicalism of Florida’s new ban on abortion

A six-week ban will take effect in May, though voters could overturn it in November. In practical terms, six weeks is a total ban. Many people do not even know they’re pregnant by then. Even if they are aware, Florida requires patients seeking abortions to complete two in-person doctor visits with a 24-hour waiting period in between, a challenging logistical burden to meet before 15 weeks and a nearly impossible one before six. Not only will the six-week ban decimate abortion access for Florida residents, but it will also significantly curtail care for people across the South, who have been traveling to Florida from more restrictive states since Roe was overturned.

A year after Roe’s fall, fears of US abortion bans become reality

Many states have passed restrictions, and inequalities along racial and economic lines have widened – but there is hope.

Abortion bans in America are corroding some doctors’ souls

Limits on treatment for pregnant women could put physicians at risk of moral injury.

Abortion Bans Will Result in More Women Dying

Policy and law that respects people’s need for health care can partially avert these devastating outcomes. Simply put, abortion is health care and must be legal and available in every state.

Abortion: The story of suffering and death behind Ireland’s ban and subsequent legalization

As a social work professor who researches reproductive health care, I see many parallels between what happened in Ireland between 1983 and 2018 and the present U.S. situation. People in the U.S. are already traveling long distances, often to other states, in a manner similar to the Irish abortion trail.

As states ban abortions, more people may turn to self-managed abortion care – with more legal challenges to come

Experts say new legal battles are likely to arise over abortions that occur without the direct involvement of a doctor, known as self-managed abortion care.

Bans on Specific Abortion Methods Used After the First Trimester

Laws and policies on abortion have been changing rapidly across the United States since the US Supreme Court overturned the federal constitutional right to abortion in late June in Dobbs v. Jackson. As a result, some information here may be out of date.

D&E Abortion Bans: The Implications of Banning the Most Common Second-Trimester Procedure

A D&E ban would compound other obstacles to abortion care. Research indicates that the vast majority of women obtaining an abortion during the second trimester would have preferred to have had it earlier. State abortion restrictions are one increasingly common reason women encounter delays receiving abortion care, and D&E bans must be considered in the context of such restrictions.

How abortion bans make inequality worse

The study that offers a glimpse into a post-Roe v. Wade future.

Jane Roe' is anonymous no more. The very public fight against abortion bans in 2023

As 2023 comes to a close, so too does the first full year of the post-Roe era in America. Some of the year's developments were expected, like more conservative states enacting abortion restrictions. Others were surprising, like the fact that there were more abortions nationally in the year after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health decision than the previous one.

Most Abortion Bans Include Exceptions. In Practice, Few Are Granted

The abortion bans enacted in about half the states since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June do not prohibit abortion entirely. Most make exceptions in certain circumstances, commonly to protect the health or life of the patient, or in the case of rape or incest.

Study shows an abortion ban may lead to a 21% increase in pregnancy-related deaths

Banning abortion does not stop people from trying to end their pregnancies. But it won’t result in a return to the kinds of unsafe abortion that killed hundreds of women per year before the Supreme Court’s ruling Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the U.S. Recent advances in medication abortion, which relies on prescription drugs rather than a procedure, have made safer abortions outside of clinics possible. They set the stage for organizations like Plan C to help pregnant people safely manage their own abortions with pills if they want or need to.

The Coming Rise of Abortion as a Crime

In places where abortion is now illegal, a range of pregnancy losses could be subject to state scrutiny.

The dire health consequences of denying abortions, explained

A landmark study revealed connections between carrying an unwanted pregnancy to term and pregnancy complications, worse self-reported health, and precarity for existing children.

The Quiet Racism of Abortion Bans

Like prohibitions on other goods and services, an abortion ban of the kind national conservatives propose would take a disproportionate toll on those least equipped to adapt, and would advance little but ideology.

The Underground Abortion Network That Inspired ‘Call Jane’

A new film offers a fictionalized look at the Janes, activists who provided illegal abortions in Chicago before Roe v. Wade.

The war on women who use abortion pills takes a terrifying new turn

Researchers in Poland have developed tests that can detect if a woman has taken mifepristone. It’s a chilling development.

Tracking Abortion Bans Across the Country

In some states, the fight over abortion access is still taking place in courtrooms, where advocates have sued to block bans and restrictions. Other states have moved to expand access to abortion by adding legal protections.