New digital tool shows effect on states if Roe v. Wade were overturned

The nonprofit Center for Reproductive Rights just launched a new digital tool that shows how access to abortion would vary across states if Roe v. Wade were overturned. Several states have attempted to enact stricter restrictions on abortion in the hopes of triggering a Supreme Court challenge to the 1973 decision that has protected abortion access. The new tool allows users to search for laws by U.S. state or territory and categorizes places by four levels of protection. Seven states — including New York and California — have specifically protected abortion in their state constitutions, and would therefore be unaffected by a change in federal law. However, 24 states labeled “Hostile” — including Kentucky and Pennsylvania — would immediately ban the procedure if Roe. v. Wade were overturned.