Summary

Part 1: Executive Summary
Part 2: Quick Reference Table
Part 3: National Map
Legal Analysis PDF: (Legal Status After Roe)

A Summary of Abortion Laws
If Roe and Doe Are Overruled

ABORTION ALLOWED (42 STATES)

1. Have eliminated old (pre-Roe) laws

Alaska^†	Illinois	Minnesota^†	North Carolina	Utah ¹
California^†	Indiana	Missouri		Virginia
Connecticut	Iowa	Montana^†	Ohio^†	Washington
District of Columbia	Kansas	Nebraska	Oregon	Wyoming
Florida^†	Kentucky	Nevada	Pennsylvania
Georgia	Maine	New Hampshire	South Carolina
Idaho	Maryland	New Jersey^†	Tennessee^†

† Have state reviewing court rulings that would or may block enforcement of abortion prohibitions.
1 Has enacted post-Roe prohibition; scope of grave medical health exception is uncertain.

2. Have old (pre-Roe) laws that would
not prohibit most abortions

These states have not repealed their pre-1973 laws but for reasons varying with each state (for example, state reviewing court rulings), the existing laws probably won't effectively prohibit most abortions:

Alabama	Delaware	Mississippi^†	Texas ²
Arizona^†	Hawaii	New Mexico^†	Vermont^†
Colorado	Massachusetts^†	New York^†	West Virginia^†

† Have state reviewing court rulings that would or may block enforcement of abortion prohibitions.
2 Status of pre-Roe law uncertain.

ABORTION PROHIBITED (8 STATES)

1. Have repealed pre-Roe prohibitions
but have enacted new ones

Louisiana	Life of the mother, narrow physical health exceptions. Trigger statute.
North Dakota	Life of the mother, rape, statutory rape & incest exceptions. Trigger statute.
Rhode Island	Life of the mother exception.
South Dakota	Life of the mother exception. Trigger statute.

2. Have pre-Roe prohibitions

These states have not repealed their laws prohibiting abortion. If Roe is overruled, they would probably be enforceable.

Arkansas	No exceptions. Part of pre-Roe law repealed.
Michigan	Life of the mother exception.
Oklahoma	Life of the mother exception.
Wisconsin	Life of the mother exception.

According to U.S. Census Bureau 2003 statistics, the states with effective abortion prohibitions constitute just 9.7% of the U.S. population. Based on current abortion rates, even if Roe fell today, more than a million abortions per year are projected to be performed legally.