Recent changes in the membership of the U.S. Supreme Court have led some state policymakers to consider the possibility that Roe v. Wade could be overturned and regulation of abortion returned to the states. Some state legislatures are considering banning abortion under all or virtually all circumstances;
these measures are widely viewed as an attempt to provoke a legal challenge to Roe, while other states are
considering abortion bans that would go into effect in the event that Roe is overturned. And a number of states
still have pre-1973 abortion bans on the books—several of which, in theory, could be enforced if Roe were ever
overturned. Still other states have laws declaring the state’s intent to ban abortion to the extent permitted by the
U.S. Constitution