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States are passing more abortion restrictions, which could reshape what abortion access looks like across the country.

Reporting by @chloe_aatkins.

#NBCNewsThreads (1/8) nbcnews.to/3zDYf0P

@chloe_aatkins The current landscape of abortion access in the US came into focus in May after the Supreme Court decided to consider the legality of Mississippi’s ban on nearly all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. (2/8)

@chloe_aatkins This restriction was the first to reach the US Supreme Court from a wave of state laws intended to strike down Roe v. Wade, the decision that established the constitutional right to an abortion nationwide. (3/8)

@chloe_aatkins The first major abortion case since the US Supreme Court’s conservative majority comes as state legislatures around the country have brought a historic number of laws seeking to tighten abortion access. (4/8) nbcnews.to/3eWFuOe

@chloe_aatkins As of now, nearly 600 anti-abortion laws have been introduced in 47 states this year. Three states and Washington, D.C., have not introduced any restrictions in 2021. (5/8)

@chloe_aatkins Texas’ law is one of the most extreme passed; it outlaws abortion after cardiac activity is detected, making it the largest state to ban the procedure before many people even know they are pregnant. (6/8)

@chloe_aatkins Currently, 43 states cut off access to abortion at a certain point, unless the pregnant person’s life is in danger. However, 7 states and Washington, D.C., have no gestational age ban on the procedure. (7/8)

@chloe_aatkins In the absence of Roe v. Wade, dozens of states, particularly in the South and Midwest, would likely enact severe restrictions or outright bans on the procedure, & 10 states already have “trigger” bans in place to outlaw abortion if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. (8/8)