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Maximum fetal age for legal abortion in the USA?

Politics Asked on January 29, 2021

Of all the places that permit abortion in the USA, which ones have the maximum fetal age for legal abortion?

Say State A allows abortion when the age of the fetus is less than 20 weeks, and State B for 24 weeks, then the answer is: "State B with 24 weeks".

However, some states allow abortion even after the X weeks in exceptional cases, so I am asking for the limits for regular abortions and also for exceptional abortions.

I am asking this because abortion is highly politicized.

One Answer

According to the Guttmacher Institute, only "43 states prohibit some abortions after a certain point in pregnancy." In other words, there are 7 states where there is no maximum gestinational/fetal age for legal abortion. Here is a map from Business Insider which shows that those 7 states are Alaska, Colorado, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Washington and Vermont. There are many other states which have no specific age, and only restrict abortion according to the viability of the fetus. A more detailed list from KFF.org shows that DC also has no limits in this regard.

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Answered by Brian Z on January 29, 2021

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