The United States
Supreme Court Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark judgement that
granted federal protections to abortions. Now, policy around abortion will lie
directly with states. Many states in the US have anti-abortion laws in place which
have been triggered just as the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Three
states – South Dakota, Louisiana and Kentucky – have laws that ban most
abortions with the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

The legality
aspect will become clearer in a few days but for now there’s a great deal of
confusion on where abortion remains legal. States that have trigger laws, which
means those where federal abortion rights end with the overturning of Roe v.
Wade, will require the attorney general of the state to certify that the Supreme
Court’s opinion does indeed overturn Roe v. Wade. When this happens, it might
take up to 30 days for the laws to actually kick in.

Abortion is
expected to remain legal in 27 states, according to a POLITICO report. Although
the laws surrounding legal abortion are not uniform in those states. Four
states that allow abortion throughout pregnancy are Colorado, New Jersey,
Oregon and Delaware.

Here’s a list of
states and their status vis a vis abortion:

1. Alabama:
Potentially illegal

2. Alaska:
Legal

3. Arizona:
Legal for now

4. Arkansas:
Soon to be illegal

5. California:
Legal

6. Colorado:
Legal

7. Connecticut:
Legal

8. Delaware:
Legal

9. District
of Columbia: Legal

10. Florida: Legal

11. Georgia: Legal for now

12. Hawaii: Legal

13. Idaho: Soon to be illegal

14. Illinois: Legal

15. Indiana: Legal

16. Iowa: Legal

17. Kansas: Legal

18. Louisiana: Illegal

19. Kentucky: Illegal

20. Maine: Legal

21. Maryland: Legal

22. Massachusetts: Legal

23. Michigan: Legal for now

24. Minnesota: Legal

25. Mississippi: Soon to be illegal

26. Missouri: Soon to be illegal

27. Montana: Legal

28. Nebraska: Legal

29. Nevada: Legal

30. New Hampshire: Legal

31. New Jersey: Legal

32. New Mexico: Legal

33. New York: Legal

34. North Carolina: Legal for now

35. North Dakota: Soon to be illegal

36. Ohio: Legal for now

37. Oklahoma: Illegal

38. Oregon: Legal

39. Pennsylvania: Legal

40. Rhode Island: Legal

41. South Carolina: Legal for now

42. South Dakota: Illegal

43. Tennessee: Soon to be illegal

44. Texas: Illegal

45. Utah: Soon to be illegal

46. Vermont: Legal

47. Virginia: Legal

48. Washington: Legal

49. West Virginia: Potentially illegal

50. Wisconsin: Potentially illegal

51. Wyoming: Soon to be illegal

The US Supreme
Court overturned Roe v. Wade in a 5-4 decision. The court’s decision comes
after Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion suggested the overturning of Roe v.
Wade. The court’s three liberal justices filed a dissenting opinion to the
ruling.