KFF Health News Jan 23 2026 This week would have marked the 53rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade , the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide — that is, until 2022, when the court overturned it. Since then, abortion has been banned in 13 states and severely limited in 10 others. Yet anti-abortion activists remain frustrated, in some cases even more so than before Roe was overturned. Why? Because despite the new legal restrictions, abortions have not stopped taking place, not