How does the U.S and its States Compare to the rest of the World after Roe v. Wade was Struck Down?
Previously we took a look at the gestational periods of countries around the world here and found that the U.S.’s 24-week gestational limit was above average. How does this comparison look after Roe v. Wade was struck down?
Methodology
We took each of the state’s gestational limits reported by Politico and found both the average and weighted average. We then compared this to countries that allow elective abortions and compared the average and the individual states.
Results
We found that the U.S.’s average moved from 24 weeks to 20 weeks. We found that the population weighted average moved from 24 weeks to 19.5 weeks.
When we compared Post Roe v Wade individual state laws to other countries that allow elective abortions, we found that the U.S still, on average, allowed abortions 8 weeks later at 20 (or 19.5) weeks later than the rest of the world’s 12 weeks average.
When we compared Post Roe v Wade individual state laws to other countries that allow elective abortions, we found that the U.S still, on average, allowed abortions 8 weeks later at 20 (or 19.5) weeks later than the rest of the world’s 12 weeks average.
Conclusion
By all objective evidence and even after the overturn of Roe v Wade the U.S. still has some of most permissive abortion laws in the world.
