Map: 23 states would ban abortion in a post-Roe America

 

If the Supreme Court rolls back the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights ruling, as reported Monday night in a leaked draft opinion, access to abortion would become a state-by-state issue, with some states protecting access and others already having “trigger laws” in place that ban the procedure the moment Roe is struck down.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday confirmed that the leaked draft opinion suggesting there are enough justices to overturn Roe v. Wade is authentic. Chief Justice John Roberts said he has ordered the marshal of the court to launch an investigation to determine who leaked the document to Politico.

An NBC News analysis of Center for Reproductive Rights data shows that 23 states would institute bans, with "trigger laws" on the books in 13 of those states. A second abortion-rights advocacy group, the Guttmacher Institute, counted 26 states considered certain or likely to ban abortion, ​​based on laws passed before and after Roe in the event it was overturned.

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