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State | Must Be Performed by a Licensed Physician | Must Be Performed in a Hospital If At | Prohibited At | Providers May Refuse to Participate | Waiting Period (In Hours) After Counseling | Parental Involvement Required for Minor |
AL | X | Viability | 20 weeks (with exception in case of threat to the woman’s physical health) | 48 | Consent | |
AK | X | Individual & Private Institution | Not in effect (permanently enjoined by court order) | |||
AZ | X | Viability | Viability | Individual & Institution | 24 | Consent |
AR | X | 20 weeks (with exception in case of rape or incest) | Individual & Institution | 48 | Consent | |
CA | Viability | Individual & Religious Institution | Not in effect (permanently enjoined by court order) | |||
CO | Notice | |||||
CT | Viability | Viability | Individual | |||
DE | X | Viability (with exception in case of fetal abnormality) | Individual & Institution | Notice (may be waived by specified health professionals in certain circumstances) | ||
DC | ||||||
FL | X | Viability | 24 weeks | Individual & Institution | Not in effect (temporarily enjoined by court order) | Notice |
GA | X | 20 weeks (with exception in case of threat to the woman’s physical health) | Individual & Institution | 24 | Notice | |
HI | X (surgical abortions) | Viability | Individual & Institution | |||
ID | X | Viability | Viability | Individual & Institution | 24 | Consent |
IL | X (surgical abortions) | Viability | Individual & Private Institution | Notice | ||
IN | X | 20 weeks | 20 weeks (with exception in case of threat to the woman’s physical health) | Individual & Private Institution | 18 | Consent |
IA | X | 20 weeks (with exception in case of threat to the woman’s physical health) | Individual & Private Institution | Not in effect (temporarily enjoined by court order) | Notice | |
KS | X | 20 weeks (with exception in case of threat to the woman’s physical health) | Individual & Institution | 24 | Consent | |
KY | X | 2nd trimester | 20 weeks (with exception in case of threat to the woman’s physical health) | Individual & Institution | 24 | Consent |
LA | X | 20 weeks (with exception in case of threat to the woman’s physical health) | Individual & Institution | 24 | Consent | |
ME | X | Viability | Individual & Institution | |||
MD | X | Viability (with exception in case of fetal abnormality) | Individual & Institution | Notice | ||
MA | X (surgical abortions) | 24 weeks | Individual & Institution | Not in effect (permanently enjoined by court order) | Consent | |
MI | X | Viability (with exception in case of life endangerment only) | Individual & Institution | 24 | Consent | |
MN | X | Viability | Individual & Private Institution | 24 | Notice (to both parents) | |
MS | X (OB/GYNs only) | 20 weeks (with exception in case of threat to the woman’s physical health) | Individual & Institution | 24 | Consent (from both parents) | |
MO | X | Viability | Viability | Individual & Institution | 72 | Consent |
MT | Viability (with exception in case of threat to the woman’s physical health) | Individual & Private Institution | Not in effect (permanently enjoined by court order) | Not in effect (permanently enjoined by court order) | ||
NE | X | 20 weeks (with exception in case of threat to the woman’s physical health) | Individual & Institution | 24 | Consent | |
NV | X | 24 weeks | 24 weeks | Individual & Private Institution | Not in effect (permanently enjoined by court order) | |
NH | Notice | |||||
NJ | X (surgical abortions) | 14 weeks | Individual & Private Institution | Not in effect (permanently enjoined by court order) | ||
NM | X (surgical abortions) | Individual & Institution | Not in effect (permanently enjoined by court order) | |||
NY | X (surgical abortions) | 24 weeks, exception in case of (1) mother’s health or life endangerment and (2) fetus cannot survive outside the womb | Individual | |||
NC | X | 24 weeks | 24 weeks | Individual & Institution | 72 | Consent |
ND | X | 20 weeks (with exception in case of threat to the woman’s physical health) | Individual & Institution | 24 | Consent (from both parents) | |
OH | X | 20 weeks | 20 weeks (with exception in case of threat to the woman’s physical health) | Individual & Institution | 24 | Consent |
OK | X | 2nd trimester | 20 weeks (with exception in case of threat to the woman’s physical health) | Individual & Private Institution | 72 | Consent and Notice |
OR | Individual & Private Institution | |||||
PA | X | Viability | 24 weeks (with exception in case of threat to the woman’s physical health) | Individual & Private Institution | 24 | Consent |
RI | 24 weeks (with exception in case of life endangerment only) | Individual | Consent | |||
SC | X | 3rd trimester | 20 weeks (with exception in case of threat to the woman’s physical health) | Individual & Private Institution | 24 | Consent |
SD | X | 24 weeks | 20 weeks (with exception in case of threat to the woman’s physical health) | Individual & Institution | 72 (excluding weekends and annual holidays) | Notice |
TN | X | Viability | Viability (with exception in case of threat to the woman’s physical health) | Individual & Institution | 48 | Consent |
TX | X | 20 weeks (with exception in case of threat to the woman’s physical health) | Individual & Private Institution | 24 | Consent and Notice | |
UT | X | Viability (with exception in case of rape or incest or in case of fetal abnormality) | Individual & Private Institution | 72 (waived in cases of rape, incest, and fetal defect, or if the patient is younger than 15) | Consent and Notice | |
VT | ||||||
VA | X | 2nd trimester | 3rd trimester | Individual & Institution | 24 | Consent and Notice |
WA | X (surgical abortions) | Viability | Individual & Institution | |||
WV | 20 weeks (with exception in case of threat to the woman’s physical health) | 24 | Notice (may be waived by specified health professionals in certain circumstances) | |||
WI | X | Viability | 20 weeks (with exception in case of threat to the woman’s physical health) | Individual & Institution | 24 | Consent (may be waived by specified health professionals in certain circumstances) |
WY | X | Viability | Individual & Private Institution | Consent and Notice |