These 13 states have abortion 'trigger laws' -- here's what that means

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : While 12 of those states ensure the right prior to fetal viability, according to information compiled by The Guttmacher Institute, which supports abortion rights, Colorado, New Jersey, Oregon, Vermont and the District of Columbia "have codified the right to abortion throughout pregnancy without state interference."
45% : Right now, 16 states -- California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington -- and the District of Columbia have passed laws codifying the right to abortion.
44% : Meanwhile Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, which supports ending abortion, said the organization would "wholeheartedly applaud the decision" if the draft turns out to be the final opinion of the court.
41% : The fate of the 1973 case that secured the right to abortion has come into question after a leaked draft opinion obtained by Politico indicated that the nation's highest court could overturn the landmark decision.
32% : "This leaked opinion is horrifying and unprecedented, and it confirms our worst fears: that the Supreme Court is prepared to end the constitutional right to abortion by overturning Roe v. Wade," the president and CEO of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Alexis McGill Johnson, said in a statement.

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