State Statutory Rape Laws

This is a longitudinal database of statutory rape laws in place in each US state effective between January 1, 2000, and July 31, 2021. The database describes three aspects of the laws: the age of consent to sex, close-in-age exceptions to the age of consent, and marital exemptions to statutory rape laws.

Post-Dobbs State Abortion Restrictions and Protections

On June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned nearly 50 years of precedent protecting the right to an abortion prior to viability. Previously under Roe v. Wade, the existing legal landscape of abortion was a complex patchwork of state laws and court decisions regulating access to the procedure. The Dobbs decision further compromised abortion access by allowing states to ban all or most abortions. 

Fetal Burial Requirements

One way states regulate abortion access is by imposing requirements related to the disposal of tissue after an abortion has occurred. Although most states do not specifically regulate the disposal of aborted embryonic or fetal tissue, some states mandate the burial or cremation of such tissue. Additionally, some states that allow for other medical waste disposal options require providers to offer patients the option of burial or cremation.  

Office-Based Surgery Laws

This dataset identifies variation in states that have office-based surgery requirements in effect as of August 1, 2016.

Vending Machine Sales of OTC Contraception

This dataset is cross-sectional and displays key features of vending machine sales of OTC contraception laws across all 50 states and Washington, D.C. in effect as of December 31, 2020. 

TRAP Laws - Hospitalization Requirements

This dataset looks at Targeted Regulation of Abortion Provider laws requiring facilities in which abortions are performed to be licensed hospitals.

TRAP Laws - Ambulatory Surgical Center Requirements

This dataset looks at Targeted Regulation of Abortion Provider laws requiring facilities in which abortions are performed to be licensed ASCs and meet regulations governing ambulatory surgical centers.

TRAP Laws - Abortion Facility Licensing Requirements

This dataset looks at Targeted Regulation of Abortion Provider laws requiring facilities in which abortions are performed to be regulated under a distinct abortion facility licensing provision and/or meet special requirements regulating abortion providers.

Statutory and Constitutional Right to Abortion

This dataset explores abortion regulations in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia in effect from December 1, 2018 through November 1, 2022, as well as case law and attorney general opinions that affect the enforceability of these laws.

State Abortion Laws

This State Abortion Laws dataset provides a general overview of these 16 regulatory areas within each state and includes laws in effect from December 1, 2018 through November 1, 2022.
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