With the Dobbs decision in June 2022, the Supreme Court returned power over the legalization of abortion to the states.  Almost immediately, state legislatures and state court systems began to consider new abortion laws to either end abortion access or protect it, depending on the state.  What factors determine state abortion laws?  The following articles from State Politics and Policy Quarterly provide important information for this point.

These articles are free to access until the end of August 2022.