Four states have enacted laws granting personhood rights to fertilized embryos, and one dozen more have introduced similar legislation in 2024.
Map of the US states with highlights for where fetal personhood laws are in effect, proposed or blocked. Three states have laws in effect: Alabama, Georgia, and Missouri. Fourteen states have laws proposed: Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Georgia, Kansas, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Utah. Arizona's law is in effect but blocked.