State Abortion Laws

Abortion Law Homepage is a valuable resource.


Though Roe, Doe and Casey limit the power of states to regulate or ban abortion, nearly every state has some sort of law limiting abortion. About 4/5 ban non-therapeutic abortion in the last three months of pregnancy. Many have parental notice or consent laws for minors, waiting periods, informed consent and statistical reporting requirements for all abortions. Most of these latter types of legislation were ruled unconstitutional during the period form Roe to Thornburg, but have been mostly upheld since the Webster and Casey precedents replaced the "strict scrutiny" standard with the more flexible "undue burden" test. Since Casey, as medical science pushes the line of viability further back, states have been allowed to proscribe abortion earlier than under Roe. Some states have responded by adding viability test requirements.

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Four-fifths of states ban non-therapeutic abortions in the last trimester.
What about the other 20%?

Since Casey, as medical science pushes the line of viability further back, states have been allowed to proscribe abortion earlier than under Roe. Some states have responded by adding viability test requirements.

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"...have been allowed to proscribe abortion earlier than under Roe."
There are many fields yet to be plowed.

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"adding viability test requirements"
More unplowed fields.

Seems to me there is a lot of work being done already. These steps would not have happened without a focused effort on the part of a lot of people at the grass roots.