In 2024, the US sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) landscape remained deeply fragmented. Many states enacted policies to expand access to sexual and reproductive health services, including state constitutional protections for abortion that passed by ballot initiative in seven states. But other states started or continued enforcing draconian abortion bans and other restrictions that limit people’s bodily autonomy and aim to instill fear around seeking abortion care. | Guttmacher Institute
The landscape of abortion access in the United States continues to shift rapidly in the wake of the Supreme Court’s June 2022 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated the federal constitutional right to abortion. Since then, many state legislatures have created new abortion restrictions and bans, and many have begun enforcing existing ones. Research has long indicated that abortion bans of all types have the greatest impact on peo...| Guttmacher Institute
Two years after the US Supreme Court revoked the constitutional right to abortion, an increasingly robust body of evidence is emerging that illustrates the myriad harms caused and exacerbated by the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision. Several dozen peer-reviewed studies and other rigorous research conducted since June 2022 illustrate key facets of the impact of Dobbs, including data on changes in clinic numbers, abortion incidence and travel for abortion care. This empiri...| Guttmacher Institute
In 2023, the first full year since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, state legislatures took key action on sexual and reproductive health. While many states increased access and piloted new policy solutions to expand and protect abortion and other sexual and reproductive health care, others sought to further curtail access.| Guttmacher Institute
