Several other states where recent antiabortion legislation has been blocked by the courts are expected to act next. Thirteen states with “ trigger bans” will ban abortion within 30 days. That likely will mean 52 percent of women of childbearing age would face new abortion limits. What happens next?: The legality of abortion will be left to individual states. Wade, which for nearly 50 years has protected the right to abortion. Wade overturned: The Supreme Court has struck down Roe v.
