41 states prohibit abortions, generally except when necessary to protect the woman’s life or health, after a specified point in pregnancy, most often fetal viability.
Mandatory ultrasounds before women can get an abortion — this burdensome regulation is sometimes imposed even on victims of rape and incest. Some policies require physicians to force a woman to view the ultrasound, and deliver politically motivated statements to the woman, even if she declines to view or listen to them.