In June 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022), which overturned Roe v. Wade (1973) ruled that the Constitution of the United States does not recognize the right to abortion, reversing nearly 50 years of protection of women’s access to safe and legal abortion. The decision further empowered states to frame their laws. Nearly 29% of women in the United States who are of reproductive age live in states where abortion is heavily restricted. According to the 2025 Guttmacher Institute fact sheet, as of March 2024, none of the 14 states with complete abortion bans had any abortion clinics, which earlier had a total of 63 clinics providing such health facilities.