Abortion in the United States

==Qualifying requirements for abortion providers==
Qualifying requirements for performing abortions vary from state to state.<ref>[http://www.ansirh.org/research/pci/access.php Advancing access to abortion care] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907100510/http://www.ansirh.org/research/pci/access.php |date=September 7, 2014 }}. ANSIRH (January 24, 2013). Retrieved on April 12, 2015.</ref>  Vermont has allowed [[physician assistants]] to do some first-trimester abortions since the mid-1970s.<ref>{{cite journal | pmid=8118134 | year=1993 | last1=Kowalczyk | first1=E. A. | title=Access to abortion services: Abortions performed by mid-level practitioners | journal=Trends in Health Care, Law & Ethics | volume=8 | issue=3 | pages=37–45 }}</ref>  More recently, several states have changed their requirements for abortion providers, anticipating that the Supreme Court would overturn ''[[Roe v. Wade]]''; now that the court has done so, more states are expanding eligibility to provide abortions. {{As of|July 2022}}, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Virginia and Washington allow [[mid-level practitioners]] such as [[nurse practitioners]], [[nurse midwives]], and physicians assistants, to do some first-trimester abortions.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/article/abortion-health-delaware-planned-parenthood-government-and-politics-ab30f2f9f9fbc635c9d554606463a307 | title=Maryland law expanding who can perform abortion takes effect | website=[[Associated Press]] | date=July 2022 }}</ref>  In other states, non-physicians are not permitted to perform abortions.