A High Number of Abortion Restrictions Were Introduced in 2012

Second-highest number of abortion restrictions in one year since 1985

States passed 43 abortion restrictions in 2012. That's the second-highest number of abortion restrictions in one year since the Guttmacher Institute began counting in 1985.

The only year with more abortion restrictions was 2011, when states passed a record-breaking 92 laws that restricted abortion access.