The State Of Abortion In The U.S. Three Years After Dobbs
On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court upheld a Mississippi law banning most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy in Dobbs v Jackson's Women's Health Organization. The ruling overturned Roe v. Wade: the landmark 1973 ruling enshrining abortion as a constitutional right.
In the three years since, 19 states have essentially banned abortion, while 10 states have passed measures protecting abortion access.
While President Trump took credit for overturning Roe — having appointed three justices critical to the ruling — he has implied that abortion should be left up to individual states and has expressed no interest in passing a national ban. Since returning to office in January, he signed an executive order ending taxpayer funding for elective abortions (which was already not allowed) and revoked Biden-era medical guidance requiring hospitals to provide abortions in emergency situations.
Meanwhile, in 2024, abortions continued to rise, driven by expanded tele-health access to medication abortion.
Abortions have risen since Dobbs, driven by expanded telehealth access to medication abortion. Via: Axios
