States where abortions already illegal, halted by decision overturning Roe v. Wade

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : It's unclear how the state will proceed on enforcement.
48% : Abortion had been legal in Louisiana through the 19th week of pregnancy.
47% : Before the ban took effect, Planned Parenthood offered medication abortion but not surgical abortions at the facility.
44% : The state of Missouri is acting quickly to enforce a state law banning abortion in the wake of a pivotal U.S. Supreme Court ruling that limits abortion rights for millions of women.
44% : Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt said he was acting immediately to enforce a state law banning abortion except in "cases of medical emergency" The 2019 Missouri law included a trigger provision making effective upon notification by the attorney general that the U.S. Supreme Court had overruled Roe v. Wade in whole or in part.
44% : "With this attorney general opinion, my office has effectively ended abortion in Missouri, " said Schmitt, a Republican who also is running for U.S. Senate.
43% : The state's abortion providers took the step Friday immediately after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that guaranteed the right to abortion nationwide.
41% : In eliminating the constitutional right to abortion that has stood for a half-century, the high court left the politically charged issue up to the states, about half of which are now likely to ban the procedure.
41% : The court issued a ruling Friday that ended nearly 50 years of constitutional protection for abortion.
39% : Katie Quinonez, executive director of Women's Health Center of West Virginia, said the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling issued Friday that allows states to ban abortion is making an immediate, hard-felt impact.
37% : Planned Parenthood said it would no longer be able to offer abortions at its Little Rock facility.
37% : Wisconsin has an 1849 law that bans abortion, except to save the life of the mother, but whether that law is enforceable is expected to be challenged in court.
30% : Edwards signed another bill that would require the doctor to certify that a drug used for abortion was being prescribed for another medical reason.
30% : Voters approved a constitutional amendment in 2020 stating that "a right to abortion and the funding of abortion shall not be found in the Louisiana Constitution."

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