quote, the number of legal abortions performed in texas dropped 50% from the same month in texas, but many texans have crossed state lines for abortion care and that s overwhelming clinics in neighboring states. a new study by the goodmacher institute shows how overturning roe v. wade could severely limit abortion access for millions of women across the country because many states remain hostile to abortion rights. look at this map, goodmacher says up to 26 states could swiftly ban abortion if roe is ever overturned affecting 36 million women of reproductive age. elizabeth nash is with the gutmacher institute, and she s one of the analysts who put together a new study that looks how abortion access could be limited in post-roe america.