Abortion is banned or severely limited in a number of states. Here's where things stand

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : On July 26, the Supreme Court transmitted its judgment in the case, taking the procedural step that started the process for some states to implement their so-called trigger bans on abortion.
46% : Indiana was the first state to pass a restrictive law against abortion after Roe v. Wade was overturned, doing so during a special legislative session.
45% : Kentucky: abortion bans in effect while court challenge unfolds A Kentucky state court of appeals on August 1 reinstated the state's so-called trigger law banning abortion as well as a separate law banning the procedure after roughly six weeks of pregnancy, siding with Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron and allowing the laws to temporarily be enforced while the case proceeds in the courts.
43% : The ban prohibits abortions unless necessary to prevent the death of the pregnant person, or in situations of rape or incest that have been reported to law enforcement.
41% : The state additionally has a civil enforcement law -- authorizing private citizens to bring lawsuits against alleged violators in state court -- for abortions performed after around six weeks into the pregnancy.
38% : Arizona has a separate law banning abortion at 15 weeks that goes into effect on September 24.
36% : Arkansas: abortion banned Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge certified the state's trigger ban, allowing it take effect on June 24.
36% : The 1849 law criminalizes abortion in the state, including in cases of rape and incest.
35% : Mississippi: abortion banned Mississippi's trigger law went into effect on July 7, after the last abortion clinic in the state was unsuccessful in its attempts to get the law blocked.
35% : But in his August 17 order, Osteen wrote that "under Dobbs, there is now no constitutional right to a pre-viability abortion, thus depriving the injunction of any constitutional basis from which to enjoin the challenged North Carolina laws regulating abortion."
30% : South Dakota: abortion banned South Dakota's trigger law, which makes it illegal to perform an abortion except in life-threatening medical emergencies, went into effect on June 24.
29% : (CNN)Laws that ban abortion or severely restrict the procedure have gone into effect in about a dozen states after the US Supreme Court ended a constitutional right to abortion on June 24.
29% : Ohio: abortion banned around 6-weeks
28% : Oklahoma: abortion banned Abortion had been unavailable in the state since May, after the governor signed bills into law that allowed civil enforcement of abortion restrictions.
28% : After the Supreme Court overruled Roe, Oklahoma Attorney General John O'Connor said that the state may enforce its 1910 pre-Roe abortion ban, under which abortion is a felony up to five years in prison except to preserve the woman's life.
26% : Here are the states that have enacted near-total bans on abortion or face legal challenges over their bans: States where abortion bans or limits are in effect Read MoreAlabama: abortion banned A federal judge on June 24 lifted an injunction against a 2019 state law that bans abortions, allowing the law to go into effect.
25% : Missouri: abortion banned Missouri's law that bans abortion except in medical emergencies went into effect on June 24.
24% : abortion banned Texas' trigger law went into effect on August 25, putting in place new criminal penalties for abortion and offering an exemption only for certain health emergencies.

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