Abortion restrictions in the U.S. mapped

March 17, 2022

Topic

Maps / abortion, FiveThirtyEight

For FiveThirtyEight, Anna Wiederkehr and Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, with illustrations by Nicole Rifkin, delve into the varying restrictions in each state. Laws based on fetus viability, distance to clinics, waiting periods, and cost must all be factored in with women’s decisions.

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