The status of abortion laws in America
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker recently signed a bill making all abortions after 20 weeks gestation illegal in Wisconsin — with no exception for rape or incest.
The bill is one of many challenges to abortion laws across the country in the last year.
We examine how abortion laws are faring in America. Is there any chance Roe v. Wade could be overturned? How effective — and lasting — are individual state laws?
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