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The Abortion in the United States Dashboard is an ongoing research project tracking state abortion policies and litigation following the overturning of Roe v. Wade. It features a continuously-updated map tracking the status of abortion bans across the United States, as well as briefs on topics such as medication abortion, insurance coverage, ballot measures, legal developments, and racial and ethnic disparities. It also offers a jumping off point to the latest national and state-specific abortion policies and statistics. Visit the Dashboard →
In the wake of the 2022 midterm elections, KFF's analysis of KFF/AP VoteCast supplemental questions shows how abortion and the overturn of Roe v. Wade played a factor in the election by motiving key voting blocks.
A new KFF analysis finds that women comprise the majority of patients who rely on certain drugs that may be restricted in response to state abortion bans. Following the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, some women in abortion-banning states have reported that clinicians and pharmacists denied them access to medications like methotrexate and misoprostol that are used to manage chronic conditions but are also used for medication abortions and treatment of ectopic…
Access to medication abortion has emerged as a central issue following the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade. There is ongoing litigation in four federal cases about the FDA’s approval and regulation of mifepristone, one of the two drugs used in medication abortion. Mifepristone, approved by the FDA in 2000, has a long record of safety and effectiveness and has been used by more than 5 million people in the United States. In the most…
Pregnancy, Birth, and Abortion Rates Among Teens Have Been Steadily Declining in the U.S. Download Source Guttmacher Institute “U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions, 2008: National Trends by Age, Race and Ethnicity” February 2012
The Majority of States Restrict Abortion Coverage to the Hyde Amendment Requirements Download Source Guttmacher Institute, State Funding of Abortion Under Medicaid, State Policies in Brief, November 2012
The Kaiser Family Foundation hosted an interactive webinar for journalists through its Media Fellowships Program: "Women's Health Under the Affordable Care Act," which took place on Thursday, February 6 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET. Now that the ACA's coverage expansions are in effect, the Foundation's latest webinar looked at how the law affects women's access to health coverage and care. The Kaiser Family Foundation's Alina Salganicoff, Vice President and Director of Women's Health Policy, and…
This brief provides an overview of the legal challenges to the Trump Administration final Title X regulations and summarizes the key positions of the plaintiffs and HHS.
This brief presents an overview of telemedicine’s current use in sexual and reproductive health care, and reviews considerations in its coverage, potential to improve access, and financial implications for providers and patients.
A KFF brief explains June Medical Services LLC v. Russo, a challenge to a Louisiana abortion regulation that will be heard at the Supreme Court on March 4, 2020.
The latest KFF poll finds most Americans (67%) think recent state-level abortion restrictions are designed to make access to abortion more difficult, rather than protect women’s health and safety. These state-level abortion restrictions have become more common in the last several years – with lawmakers arguing that these laws are intended to protect women’s health and safety. Overall, twice as many think recent state actions are generally designed to make it more difficult for women…
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