Illegal with exceptions[a] Legal but no providers 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 through 24th week LMP* (5½ months) Legal through second trimester[d] 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.[a] A colored border indicates a more stringent restriction or ban that is blocked by legal injunction or trigger provision (as of September 18, 2023).
- ^ a b All states make exceptions if the mother’s life is in immediate danger.
• Exceptions 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.
• Exceptions 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). - ^ This generally happens in the 6th week LMP.
- ^ Typically, it is between the 23rd or 24th week LMP.
- ^ Variously defined as through 27th or 28th week LMP; in Massachusetts, 24 weeks from implantation ≈ 27 weeks LMP.