June 29 in the pre-print server SocArXiv, came days after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade and end the constitutional right to an abortion.
The ruling prompted a variety of reactions at the state level. Some states have maintained the right to abortion and are now working to expand access to the procedure, while abortion is now restricted in several others, including in some states where it’s almost entirely illegal with no exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest.
And while the end of federal abortion protections opens the door to potentially making it illegal nationwide, it’s unclear how plausible that outcome would be.
FILE - Demonstrators march during a protest against the Supreme Court's overturning of the Roe v. Wade abortion-rights ruling in New York, the United States, July 4, 2022. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua via Getty Images) The new study analyzes how a nationwide ban on abortion would impact maternal death rates.