Seven myths about overturning Roe v. Wade

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Again, the reality is that abortion will remain accessible for many women who seek it out.
49% : For example, Nebraska bans a certain kind of abortion called dilation and evacuation, which is typically done in the second trimester of pregnancy and results in the dismemberment of an unborn child.
47% : The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling Friday overturning the 1973 decision Roe v. Wade as well as the 1992 decision Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
44% : Because several of the most populous states in the nation -- such as California, New York, and Illinois -- have moved to codify abortion into their laws, a majority of women will likely live in states where surgical abortion is still accessible.
43% : Some state legislatures may scramble in the coming days, weeks, or months to pass laws regulating -- or deregulating -- abortion.
43% : States will always be able to restrict abortion from now on.
40% : That said, there exist dozens of state laws regulating abortion that were, up until the court's June 24 ruling, in legal limbo or struck down entirely for being out of step with Roe, and thus unconstitutional.
40% : Virtually all states with "trigger" laws to ban abortion include an exception for medical emergencies, and stipulate that the person punished under the law would be the person performing the abortion, not the woman seeking one.
40% : But medical professionals have noted that virtually every state regulation or ban on abortion contains an explicit exception for ectopic pregnancy treatment -- which, again, is generally not considered the same as an abortion.
39% : In simplest terms, this means that abortion is no longer legal nationwide -- the legality of abortion is now determined at the state level.
39% : Now that Roe v. Wade is overturned, abortion is governed by state laws, and for years some states have been legislating in a pro-life direction, and others in a pro-choice direction.
38% : A handful of states, such as Michigan, have previously-unenforceable bans on abortion, some 100 or more years old, that have never have been repealed.
38% : There has been only one case of a woman being convicted for unlawful self-management of abortion, and that was vacated on appeal," legal scholar O. Carter Snead wrote recently in the Economist.
38% : "All modern abortion laws immunize the woman seeking abortion from liability."
37% : For example, a Louisiana bill under consideration would treat abortion as a homicide, and originally did not carve out an explicit protection for ectopic pregnancy treatment.
36% : Some pro-choice activists have falsely stated that in countries such as El Salvador -- where abortion is prohibited entirely -- women have been investigated and jailed following miscarriages.
36% : Myth 5: Treatment for ectopic pregnancy is considered an abortion, and thus many women will likely die from lack of treatment in states where abortion is illegal.
36% : For pro-life people, the work continues.
35% : They include a total ban on abortion in these states: Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Texas, Oklahoma, and Wyoming.
34% : Abortion -- which the Catholic Church teaches is a "grave evil" -- is still legal in many areas of the country.
33% :Speaking more broadly, there is a commonly cited study, called the Turnaway Study, which advocates of abortion say proves that most women do not regret their abortions, and that women who were denied abortions at certain points in their lives had worse mental health and economic outcomes than those who were not.
29% : Here are some responses to common myths about the overturning of Roe v. Wade:Myth 1: Abortion is now illegal in the United States.

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