Data Source: Compiled by the Prison Policy Initiative from Parole Rules in the United States: Conditions of Parole in Historical Perspective, 1956-2020 by Wiggins, et al. (2021), and the Guttmacher Institute's State Bans on Abortion Throughout Pregnancy (as of May 1, 2024). (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2024)
This graph originally appeared in Two years after the end of Roe v. Wade, most women on probation and parole have to ask permission to travel for abortion care.
While fewer women are on parole supervision compared to probation, nearly all live in states that restrict interstate travel for everyone on parole. Parole populations here excluded federal. See the full methodology for details about these estimates and state categorizations.
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