What do the latest state abortion laws mean?

There’s a larger question looming over abortion rights, access to providers, and women’s health, but right now abortion remains legal. That’s because the eight state laws restricting abortion passed this year — based on fetal heartbeat or weeks of pregnancy — have yet to take effect. Only Alabama’s law, signed Wednesday, makes abortion a felony, even in cases of rape or incest, except when the pregnant woman's health is in jeopardy. It, too, will likely face legal challenges.

And as soon as Monday the U.S. Supreme Court could announce whether to hear challenges to an earlier Indiana law that regulates disposal of fetal remains and requires an ultrasound and a waiting period; the court is expected to weigh in later this year on Louisiana’s law mandating hospital admitting privileges for providers.