Post-Roe America

Abortion Access Divides the Nation

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending nearly 50 years of federal protection for abortion, some states began enforcing strict abortion bans while others became new havens for the procedure. ProPublica is investigating how sweeping changes to reproductive health care access in America are affecting people, institutions and governments.

Impact of Our Reporting

Texas Lawmakers Push for New Exceptions to State’s Strict Abortion Ban After the Deaths of Two Women

by Cassandra Jaramillo, Kavitha Surana, Lizzie Presser and Ziva Branstetter

November 20, 2024, 5:00 am EST

30 stories published since 2022

Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths

by Amy Yurkanin

November 21, 2024, 5:00 am EST
Afraid to Seek Care Amid Georgia’s Abortion Ban, She Stayed at Home and Died

by Kavitha Surana

September 18, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
How Do Abortion Pills Work? Answers to Frequently Asked Questions.

by Ziva Branstetter

September 16, 2024, 5:05 am EDT
Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother’s Death Was Preventable.

by Kavitha Surana

September 16, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Missouri Outlawed Abortion, and Now It’s Funding an Anti-Abortion Group That Works in Other States

by Jeremy Kohler

August 19, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Their States Banned Abortion. Doctors Now Say They Can’t Give Women Potentially Lifesaving Care.

by Kavitha Surana

February 26, 2024, 6:00 am EST
Severe Complications for Pregnant Veterans Nearly Doubled in the Last Decade, a GAO Report Finds

by Cassandra Jaramillo

February 23, 2024, 10:45 am EST
The Year After a Denied Abortion

by Stacy Kranitz and Kavitha Surana

February 15, 2024, 5:00 am EST
Some Republicans Were Willing to Compromise on Abortion Ban Exceptions. Activists Made Sure They Didn’t.

by Kavitha Surana

November 27, 2023, 5:00 am EST
Voters in at Least 10 States Are Trying to Protect Abortion Rights. GOP Officials Are Throwing Up Roadblocks.

by Cassandra Jaramillo

October 24, 2023, 5:00 am EDT
Idaho Banned Abortion. Then It Turned Down Supports for Pregnancies and Births.

by Audrey Dutton

October 3, 2023, 6:00 am EDT
Doctors Emerge as Political Force in Battle Over Abortion Laws in Ohio and Elsewhere

by Cassandra Jaramillo

July 31, 2023, 5:00 am EDT
Maternal Deaths Are Expected to Rise Under Abortion Bans, but the Increase May Be Hard to Measure

by Kavitha Surana

July 27, 2023, 5:00 am EDT
Hospitals in Two States Denied an Abortion to a Miscarrying Patient. Investigators Say They Broke Federal Law.

by Kavitha Surana

May 19, 2023, 5:00 am EDT
How South Carolina Ended Up With an All-Male Supreme Court

by Jennifer Berry Hawes

April 28, 2023, 5:00 am EDT
How Abortion Bans Are Impacting Pregnant Patients Across the Country

by Ziva Branstetter

March 29, 2023, 12:10 pm EDT
Doctors Warned Her Pregnancy Could Kill Her. Then Tennessee Outlawed Abortion.

by Kavitha Surana, photography by Stacy Kranitz

March 14, 2023, 5:00 am EDT
Minnesota May Chart Its Own Path Dealing With Anti-Abortion Counseling Centers

by Jessica Lussenhop

February 28, 2023, 6:00 am EST
Tennessee Lobbyists Oppose New Lifesaving Exceptions in Abortion Ban

by Kavitha Surana

February 24, 2023, 6:00 am EST
Here’s What States Are Doing to Abortion Rights in 2023

by Megan Rose

February 8, 2023, 6:00 am EST
Websites Selling Abortion Pills Are Sharing Sensitive Data With Google

by Jennifer Gollan

January 18, 2023, 5:00 am EST
She Wanted an Abortion. A Judge Said She Wasn’t Mature Enough to Decide.

by Lizzie Presser, photography by Parker Hill and Isabel Bethencourt for The New York Times

November 29, 2022, 5:00 am EST
“We Need to Defend This Law”: Inside an Anti-Abortion Meeting With Tennessee’s GOP Lawmakers

by Kavitha Surana

November 15, 2022, 12:00 pm EST
Do U.S. Border Officials Ask Travelers if They’ve Had Abortions?

by Kavitha Surana

October 20, 2022, 3:05 pm EDT
Minnesota Set to Become “Abortion Access Island” in the Midwest, but for Whom?

by Jessica Lussenhop

August 25, 2022, 6:00 am EDT
Her Ex-Husband Is Suing a Clinic Over the Abortion She Had Four Years Ago

by Nicole Santa Cruz

July 15, 2022, 5:00 am EDT
How Missouri Helps Abortion Opponents Divert State Taxes to Crisis Pregnancy Centers

by Jeremy Kohler

June 6, 2022, 5:00 am EDT
Draft Overturning Roe v. Wade Quotes Infamous Witch Trial Judge With Long-Discredited Ideas on Rape

by Ken Armstrong

May 6, 2022, 1:50 pm EDT
“This Was Not a Surprise”: How the Pro-Choice Movement Lost the Battle for Roe

by Alexandra Zayas

May 3, 2022, 2:00 pm EDT