Template:Abortion_map_of_the_United_States

Template:Abortion map of the United States

Template:Abortion map of the United States

Status of elective abortion in the United States
  Illegal with exceptions[lower-alpha 1]
  Legal but no providers
  Legal before cardiac-cell activity[lower-alpha 2]
  Legal through 12th week LMP*
  Legal through 15th week LMP* (1st trimester)
  Legal through 18th week LMP*
  Legal through 20th week LMP*
  Legal through 22nd week LMP* (5 months)
  Legal before fetal viability[lower-alpha 3]
  Legal through 24th week LMP* (5½ months)
  Legal through second trimester[lower-alpha 4]
  Legal at any stage
*LMP is the time since the last menstrual period began.
This color-coded map illustrates the current legal status of elective-specific abortion procedures in each of the individual states, U.S. territories, and federal district.[lower-alpha 1] A colored border indicates a more stringent restriction or ban that is blocked by legal injunction or trigger provision (as of September 18, 2023).
  1. All states have an exception for the mother's life.
    • Exception for risk to mother's physical health: Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
    • Exception for risk to mother's general health: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Indiana, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island, Virginia, Washington.
    • Exception for pregnancy due to rape or incest: Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Mississippi, North Dakota, South Carolina, West Virginia, Utah, and Wyoming.
    • Exception for lethal fetal abnormality: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, South Carolina, West Virginia, Wyoming, and Utah.
    Note that these exceptions may have a time frame in which pregnant woman can use the exceptions to get an abortion; current time limits for these exceptions range from cardiac-cell activity (or 6 weeks) to the entire pregnancy before birth (no limit).
  2. This generally happens in the 6th week LMP.
  3. Typically, it is between the 23rd or 24th week LMP.
  4. Variously defined as through 27th or 28th week LMP; in Massachusetts, 24 weeks from implantation ≈ 27 weeks LMP.
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