A year after Dobbs and the end of Roe v. Wade, there's chaos and confusion

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Republicans, backed by anti-abortion groups including Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, are seeking to codify a 15-week ban nationwide.
45% : In all, 17 states and the District of Columbia have laws protecting abortion.
42% : And over the last 12 months, at least 15 municipal and six state governments allocated nearly $208 million to pay for contraception, abortion and support services for people seeking abortions, according to data provided to NPR by the National Institute for Reproductive Health.
41% :"States that have banned abortion are also threatening the health and well-being of people with wanted pregnancies who face obstetric emergency," Kelly Baden, vice president for public policy at the Guttmacher Institute, told NPR.
39% : One year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, putting an end to the constitutionally protected right to access abortion, the health care landscape has become increasingly fragmented and complex to navigate, spawning widespread confusion.
39% : Another KFF survey published last month revealed that there is broad uncertainty around the legal status of abortion among the general population.
38% : In the states where abortion is banned, about 1 in 8 residents incorrectly believes that medication abortion is still legal there.
38% : And more than half of residents say they are unsure of the legality of abortion in their state.
34% : With individual states empowered to ban abortion, some health care professionals say they are trapped by poorly drafted laws that criminalize care and fail to consider how women and other pregnant people might inadvertently be affected, including those who had not planned to terminate their pregnancies.
34% :Idaho has implemented a ban on abortion beyond six weeks -- often too early for a person to know they are pregnant.

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