States with near-total bans13
narrow life/health exceptions only
States with ~6-week bans4
Florida, Georgia, Iowa, South Carolina
States with a ban of some kind~41
total, early, or gestational limit
States with no gestational limit9+DC
legal at any stage
Where access stands — state by stateTwo years after Dobbs, the United States is split into four broad regimes. Thirteen states ban abortion in nearly all cases; four ban it around six weeks; a handful set mid-pregnancy limits; the rest protect it to viability or later, many having enshrined the right by ballot measure. Hover any state for its specifics.
Near-total ban · 13~6-week ban · 4Mid-pregnancy limit · 5Protected / viability · 29
Near-total ban
Banned in nearly all cases (narrow life/health exceptions).
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~6-week ban
Banned around 6 weeks — before many people know they are pregnant.
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Mid-pregnancy limit
Legal up to roughly 12–22 weeks, then restricted.
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Protected / viability
Legal to viability or later; many enshrine the right in law.
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Hover a state code for its current status. * = in active litigation.
Classification as of 2026 (Guttmacher Institute). The map is litigation-sensitive and shifts with court rulings and ballot measures — states marked * are in active legal flux. See Guttmacher's live policy tracker for the current picture.