Abortion Access - Kaiser State Health Facts

Abortion Access, by State, 2008

Mandatory Waiting Period for Abortion

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	Mandatory Waiting Period for Abortion	Medicaid Funding of Abortion	% of Women in Counties with No Abortion Provider

United States	24 Yes	17 Yes	NA

Alabama	Yes	No	61%
Alaska	No	Yes	15%
Arizona	No	Yes	16%
Arkansas	Yes	No	79%
California	No	Yes	4%
Colorado	No	No	23%
Connecticut	No	Yes	10%
Delaware	No	No	18%
District of Columbia	No	No	0%
Florida	No	No	20%
Georgia	Yes	No	62%
Hawaii	No	Yes	0%
Idaho	Yes	No	68%
Illinois	No	Yes	34%
Indiana	Yes	No	63%
Iowa	No	No	56%
Kansas	Yes	No	57%
Kentucky	Yes	No	77%
Louisiana	Yes	No	62%
Maine	No	No	46%
Maryland	No	Yes	19%
Massachusetts	No	Yes	7%
Michigan	Yes	No	33%
Minnesota	Yes	Yes	62%
Mississippi	Yes	No	91%
Missouri	Yes	No	68%
Montana	No	Yes	49%
Nebraska	Yes	No	45%
Nevada	No	No	12%
New Hampshire	No	No	19%
New Jersey	No	Yes	10%
New Mexico	No	Yes	47%
New York	No	Yes	7%
North Carolina	No	No	48%
North Dakota	Yes	No	75%
Ohio	Yes	No	51%
Oklahoma	Yes	No	57%
Oregon	No	Yes	26%
Pennsylvania	Yes	No	40%
Rhode Island	No	No	39%
South Carolina	Yes	No	72%
South Dakota	Yes	No	78%
Tennessee	No	No	59%
Texas	Yes	No	35%
Utah	Yes	No	55%
Vermont	No	Yes	24%
Virginia	Yes	No	57%
Washington	No	Yes	14%
West Virginia	Yes	Yes	84%
Wisconsin	Yes	No	63%
Wyoming	No	No	96%

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Notes:

Weight is 1/3 for Mandatory Waiting Period for Abortion, Medicaid Funding of Abortion, and % of Women in Counties with No Abortion Provider.

Data are derived from the Kaiser Family Foundation report, Putting Women’s Health Care Disparities on the Map, available at: http://www.kff.org/womensdisparities/.

Sources:

Guttmacher Institute. Overview of State Abortion Law. 2008; Jones R et al. Abortion in the United States: Incidence and Access to Services. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 40(1). 2008.

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