A national snapshot shows a patchwork abortion landscape in 2026, with some states banning abortions outright and others regulating primarily around fetal viability, often with exceptions to protect the life or health of the pregnant person or for specific circumstances.

The article provides a state-by-state overview of U.S. abortion laws as of 2026, outlining which states prohibit or allow abortions, the gestational limits where applicable, and the specific exceptions tied to life risk, health, rape or incest, fetal viability, lethal fetal anomaly, and other factors.

States like Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Maine, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon and others maintain legal abortion frameworks under varying conditions, including no gestational limit or legality before viability, with particular exceptions for health, life, or other factors.

The District of Columbia is included with a framework that allows abortion with no gestational limit, signaling more permissive access.

Together, the list of 50 states plus DC highlights a fragmented national landscape of abortion rights and restrictions in 2026.

Alabama prohibits all abortions with an only-life-preserving exception.