3 more US states ban abortions in latest fallout from Supreme Court ruling

Abortion became illegal in three more US states today, further restricting access to elective terminations for millions of women.

Two months after the Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to abortion, nearly 21 million women have already lost access to the procedure in their home states, according to an analysis by The Washington Post.

And with Idaho, Tennessee and Texas joining 10 other Republican-controlled states in implementing near-total bans on abortion, that number is set to rise. Another dozen states are expected to follow suit with their own restrictions.

The laws in Idaho, Tennessee and Texas were “triggered” after the Supreme Court on June 24 overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision enshrining a woman’s right to an abortion and allowed states to set their own laws.