| Abortion Laws by State |
| State |
Parental |
Parental |
Restrictions on |
Counseling & |
State-Funded |
| Notification |
Consent |
Late-term Abortions |
Mandatory Wait |
Abortions |
|
| Alabama |
|
Operational |
Operational |
24 hours |
|
| Alaska |
|
Enjoined |
|
Counseling Only |
Operational |
| Arizona |
|
Operational |
|
Operational |
|
| Arkansas |
Operational |
|
Operational |
24 hours |
|
| California |
|
Enjoined |
|
Counseling Only |
Operational |
| Colorado |
Operational |
|
|
Counseling Only |
|
| Connecticut |
|
|
Operational |
|
Operational |
| Delaware |
Operational |
|
Enjoined |
Enjoined |
|
| District of Columbia |
|
|
|
|
|
| Florida |
Enjoined |
|
Operational |
|
|
| Georgia |
Operational |
|
Operational |
|
|
| Hawaii |
|
|
|
|
Operational |
| Idaho |
|
Operational |
Operational |
24 hours |
|
| Illinois |
Enjoined |
|
|
|
Operational |
| Indiana |
|
Operational |
Operational |
18 hours** |
|
| Iowa |
Operational |
|
|
|
|
| Kansas |
Operational |
|
|
24 hours |
|
| Kentucky |
|
Operational |
|
24 hours |
|
| Louisiana |
|
Operational |
|
24 hours ** |
|
| Maine |
|
|
|
Counseling Only |
|
| Maryland |
Operational |
|
Operational |
|
Operational |
| Massachusetts |
|
Operational |
Operational |
Enjoined |
Operational |
| Michigan |
|
Operational |
|
24 hours |
|
| Minnesota |
Operational |
|
Enjoined |
24 hours |
Operational |
| Mississippi |
|
Operational |
|
24 hours ** |
|
| Missouri |
|
Operational |
|
Enjoined |
|
| Montana |
Enjoined |
|
Operational |
Enjoined |
Operational |
| Nebraska |
Operational |
|
|
24 hours |
|
| Nevada |
Enjoined |
|
Operational |
Counseling Only |
|
| New Hampshire |
Enjoined |
|
|
|
|
| New Jersey |
Enjoined |
|
|
|
Operational |
| New Mexico |
|
Enjoined |
|
|
Operational |
| New York |
|
|
Operational |
|
Operational |
| North Carolina |
|
Operational |
Operational |
|
|
| North Dakota |
|
Operational |
|
24 hours |
|
| Ohio |
Operational |
Enjoined |
Enjoined |
24 hours |
|
| Oklahoma |
Enjoined |
|
|
|
|
| Oregon |
|
|
|
|
Operational |
| Pennsylvania |
|
Operational |
Operational |
24 hours |
|
| Rhode Island |
|
Operational |
Operational |
Counseling Only |
|
| South Carolina |
|
Operational |
Operational |
1 hour |
|
| South Dakota |
Operational |
|
Operational |
24 hours |
|
| Tennessee |
|
Operational |
|
Enjoined |
|
| Texas |
Operational |
|
Operational |
24 hours |
|
| Utah |
Operational |
|
Enjoined |
24 hours ** |
|
| Vermont |
|
|
|
|
Operational |
| Virginia |
|
Operational |
Operational |
24 hours |
|
| Washington |
|
|
|
|
Operational |
| West Virginia |
Operational |
|
|
24 hours |
Operational |
| Wisconsin |
|
Operational |
|
24 hours ** |
|
| Wyoming |
|
Operational |
|
|
|
| Operational: Law is currently in effect & operates according to the intent of the original legislation.
|
| Enjoined: State court has prohibited from being in effect because they say the restrictions violate their state constitution. |
| Pending: Law is not currently in effect. |
| Restrictions on Late-Term Abortions:
There are limits on postviability abortions in accordance with U.S. Supreme Court requirements allowing them when necessary to preserve the women’s life or health. There are 17 states that have additional laws regarding post viablity abortions. |
| Mandatory Wait: Women must have state-directed counseling and wait for the specified time prior to the abortion. |
| 24 Hours ** : Two visits to a health care provider are required because the counseling must be provided orally and in person. |
| Counseling Only: Must get state-directed counseling in order to get an abortion, but there is not a waiting period required. |
| NOTE: Each state provides state-funded abortions to the extent dictated by the 1993 Clinton regulations (rape, incest, & life of the mother). States that offer financial assistance in addition to these circumstances are differentiated by “Operational”. |
| Source:
Alan Guttmacher Institute, Facts in Brief, April 2004 |
