Since Roe v. Wade was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, there have been many questions around where abortion is legal and under what parameters as abortion access is now in the hands of the states.
Currently, the landscape around this is changing quickly state by state as abortion advocates try to stall or block state bans. According to The New York Times' tracker, abortion is prohibited in eight states— many of which have no exceptions for incest or rape. And trigger laws prohibiting abortion are coming soon for at least five more states in the next few days to weeks, as a handful of bans are being held up or blocked by the courts. As the situation unfolds, the role and purpose of a "waiting period" — which is the amount of time a person seeking an abortion must wait to undergo an abortion after an initial consultation — in these laws is being revisited.
