These 1,572 US politicians voted to restrict abortion since Roe fell. 225 are women
These are the faces of the lawmakers and governors who supported abortion bans and laws restricting access to the procedure
It's been one year since the US supreme court ended the constitutional right to abortion. The procedure is now prohibited in 14 states and restricted in six more, leaving large swaths of the midwest and south without access to basic reproductive care.
To mark the first anniversary of the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization decision, the case that overturned Roe v Wade, the Guardian has created a visual directory of state legislators who embraced the opportunity to restrict abortion access. These are the faces of lawmakers and governors whose votes helped pass bans on abortion at conception or after six weeks, before most women know they are pregnant.
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