Where Abortion Is Legal and Where It Loses Protections Without Roe v. Wade

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Voters in Kansas and Kentucky rejected similar proposed amendments in August and November. ________________________________ More than a dozen states and Washington, D.C., established protections for abortion in state law.
43% : A state appeals court temporarily halted enforcement of the law two weeks later.
41% : Five states passed near-total bans on abortion after the Supreme Court established constitutional protections.
36% : The South Carolina Supreme Court temporarily blocked enforcement of the state's law in August, and an Ohio judge temporarily blocked a six-week ban in September.
33% : Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, called a special session to overturn his state's 1849 ban on abortion, but legislators adjourned without taking any action.
29% : Oklahoma lawmakers this year passed several bills restricting abortion, including a ban after about six weeks of pregnancy and a ban on abortions at any stage of pregnancy -- which both leave enforcement to individuals through civil lawsuits -- and another ban that includes criminal penalties against abortion providers.

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