A proposal to ban abortion nationwide after 15 weeks of being pregnant would cease in need of some states’ limits on the process however would upend the longtime customary in most others.
Such a ban would come early within the second trimester, earlier than widespread screenings for sure well being situations and a number of other weeks earlier than a fetus is taken into account viable.
The place abortion bans fall on the timeline of being pregnant
Weeks after the primary day of
final menstrual interval
States with full abortion bans
Ala.Ark.IdahoInd.*Ky.La.Miss.Mo.Okla.S.D.Tenn.TexasWis.
Chorionic villus sampling can discover some abnormalities
First trimester screening can detect some potential abnormalities
15-week bans
Proposed federal banAriz.*Fla.
Amniocentesis can discover some abnormalities
Second trimester screening can detect some potential abnormalities
A high-resolution ultrasound can detect some abnormalities
22-week bans
IowaKan.Neb.N.D.S.C.W.Va.
Fetus is taken into account viable
24-week bans
Mass.Nev.N.H.Pa.
States that prohibit abortion after viability
Calif.Conn.Del.HawaiiIn poor health.MaineMd.Mich.Minn.Mont.N.Y.R.I.Va.Wash.Wyo.
States with no limits on abortion
AlaskaColo.D.C.N.J.N.M.Ore.Vt.
Fetus is taken into account early time period
Fetus is taken into account full time period
Weeks after the primary day of
final menstrual interval
States with full abortion bans
Ala.Ark.IdahoInd.*Ky.La.Miss.Mo.Okla.S.D.Tenn.TexasWis.
Chorionic villus sampling can discover some abnormalities
First trimester screening can detect some potential abnormalities
15-week bans
Ariz.*Fla.Proposed federal ban
Amniocentesis can discover some abnormalities
Second trimester screening can detect some potential abnormalities
A high-resolution ultrasound can detect some abnormalities
22-week bans
IowaKan.Neb.N.D.S.C.W.Va.
Fetus is taken into account viable
24-week bans
Mass.Nev.N.H.Pa.
States that prohibit abortion after viability
Calif.Conn.Del.HawaiiIn poor health.MaineMd.Mich.Minn.Mont.N.Y.R.I.Va.Wash.Wyo.
States with no limits on abortion
AlaskaColo.D.C.N.J.N.M.Ore.Vt.
Fetus is taken into account early time period
Fetus is taken into account full time period
*Indiana’s ban on abortion is about to take impact Sept. 15, and Arizona’s 15-week ban is about to take impact Sept. 24. Information for different states exhibits their standing as of Sept. 13.
Supply: Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention
After the Supreme Court docket’s choice to finish a constitutional proper to an abortion, many states have moved to bar the process earlier in being pregnant or to ban it outright, although a number of of the strictest bans stay tied up in courtroom. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina launched laws for a federal 15-week ban on Tuesday, although the invoice is taken into account unlikely to go within the present Congress.
Beneath the usual set by Roe v. Wade and later reaffirmed in Deliberate Parenthood v. Casey — each of which the Supreme Court docket overturned in June — abortions had been protected till a fetus was viable, normally at 22 to 24 weeks gestation. About half of states nonetheless observe that customary.
The vast majority of abortions in america happen within the first trimester, however 36,000 abortions occurred after 14 weeks of gestation in 2019, based on the newest information from the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention.
Supply: NY Times