On June 24, 2022—this year’s Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus—the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling overturning the seminal decisions of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, with the immediate effect of returning the question of abortion policy to the states.

“Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.” (Galatians 6:9)

This quote fittingly appears on the website of the oldest right to life group in the nation, National Right to LIfe, founded soon after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v Wade ruling 50 YEARS AGO!

Each individual state is now—effective immediately—in complete control of deciding the abortion policy of their own state. This is how it was before the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade that illegally made abortion “the law of the land” in 1973.

As a result of today’s U.S. Supreme Court reversal of Roe v. Wade:

20 States in which abortion is now Banned, Illegal or Severely Limited:

• Alabama
• Arizona (In Arizona, there are are abortion limits, certain methods of abortion may be banned and there may be a “heartbeat” ban)
• Arkansas
• Georgia (In Georgia, there are are abortion limits, certain methods of abortion may be banned and there may be a “heartbeat” ban)
• Idaho
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Mississippi
• Missouri
  • Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt immediately tweeted: Following the SCOTUS ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, Missouri has just become the first in the country to effectively end abortion with our AG opinion signed moments ago. This is a monumental day for the sanctity of life. pic.twitter.com/Jphy72R4rq  — Attorney General Eric Schmitt (@AGEricSchmitt) June 24, 2022 )
    
• Nebraska  (In Nebraska, there are are abortion limits, certain methods of abortion may be banned and there may be a “heartbeat” ban) 
  
• North Dakota
• Ohio (In Ohio, there are are abortion limits, certain methods of abortion may be banned and there may be a “heartbeat” ban)
• Oklahoma
• South Carolina (In South Carolina, there are are abortion limits, certain methods of abortion may be banned and there may be a “heartbeat” ban)
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• West Virginia  (In West Virginia, there are are abortion limits, certain methods of abortion may be banned and there may be a “heartbeat” ban)
• Wyoming

Puerto Rico:

• In terms of U.S. territories, the Penal Code of Puerto Rico prohibits abortion except to save the life of the mother. However, in 1980, the decision of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico in the Pueblo v. Duarte case effectively made abortion legal at any point in pregnancy because of the broad interpretation of “the life and health of the woman” that it mandated. A bill currently under consideration in Puerto Rico would limit abortion to the 22nd week of gestation.

ABORTION States that continue to allow Abortion within their state borders:

• Alaska  (In Alaska, the state supreme court has found a “right to abortion” in the state’s constitution)
• Colorado   (In Colorado, abortion is allowed up to birth)
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Washington, D.C.  (In Washington D.C., abortion is allowed up to birth)
• Hawaii
• Illinois
• Iowa   (In Iowa, the state supreme court has found a “right to abortion” in the state’s constitution)
• Kansas  (In Kansas, the state supreme court has found a “right to abortion” in the state’s constitution))
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Minnesota
• Montana   (In Montana, the state supreme court has found a “right to abortion” in the state’s constitution)
• Nevada
• New Jersey
• New York
• In New York, (In New York, abortion is allowed up to birth
• Oregon
• Rhode Island
• Vermont
• Washington

• Michigan: 1931 pre-Roe ban is still on the books, though a court temporarily blocked it on May 17.