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Access to abortion has decreased in the South in the 11 months since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Sixteen states have ceased nearly all abortions. The landscape of abortion rights has shifted dramatically in the 11 months since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending federal protections for abortion rights. The decision left it up to states to decide how to regulate abortion services. States in the West and Northeast have since taken steps to expand and protect abortion rights, while states across the South, Great Plains and Midwest have moved to ban or restrict abortion care. Sixteen states have ceased nearly all abortion services. States that Have Restricted Abortion Rights Since Roe v. Wade was Overturned ABC News South Carolina became the latest state to greatly restrict abortion access this week after its governor signed a six-week ban into law. Florida could be the next state to severely restrict abortion services. If a state court upholds a 15-wee...

Colorado's Democratic governor is scheduled to sign a set of health care bills Friday afternoon that enshrine protections for abortion and gender-affirming care procedures and medications DENVER, Colo. -- Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is scheduled to sign a set of Health care bills Friday afternoon to enshrine access to abortion and gender-affirming procedures and medications, as the Democrat-led state tries to make itself a safe haven for its neighbors, whose Republican leaders are restricting care. The goal of the legislation is to ensure people in surrounding states and beyond can go to Colorado to have an abortion, begin puberty blockers or receive gender-affirming surgery. Bordering states of Wyoming and Oklahoma have passed abortion bans and Utah has prohibited transgender care for minors. With the new laws, Colorado joins Illinois as a progressive bastion for reproductive rights surrounded mostly by conservative states. Illinois abortion clinics now serve people li...