Table 5.1

How the States Measure Up: Women’s Status on the Reproductive Rights Composite Index and Its Components

Composite Index

Parental Consent/ Notification

Waiting Period

Public Funding

Percent of Women Living in Counties

with Providers

Pro-Choice Governor and Legislature

Medicaid Expansion or Medicaid Family Planning Expansion

Coverage of Infertility Treatments

Same-Sex Marriage or Second- Parent Adoption

Mandatory Sex Education

State

Score

Rank

Grade

Score

Score

Score

Percent

Score

Score

Score

Score

Score

Alabama

1.91

40

D+

0

0

0

41%

0.00

1

0.0

1.0c

0

Alaska

2.83

29

C

0

1

1

83%

0.00

0

0.0

1.0

0

Arizona

3.36

24

C+

0

0

1

86%

0.00

1

0.0

1.0

0

Arkansas

1.72

43

D

0

0

0

22%

0.00

1

1.0

0.0c

0

California

5.24

9

B+

0a

1

1

99%

1.00

1

0.5

1.0

0

Colorado

3.71

21

C+

0

1

0

88%

0.83

1

0.0

1.0

0

Connecticut

5.95

6

A–

1

1

1

95%

1.00

1

1.0

1.0

0

Delaware

3.82

20

C+

0

0a

0

82%

0.50

1

0.0

1.0

1

District of Columbia

5.50

8

A-

1

1

0

100%

1.00

1

0.0

1.0

1

Florida

2.79

30

C

0

1

0

79%

0.00

1

0.0

1.0

0

Georgia

2.85

28

C

0

0

0

43%

0.17

1

0.0

0.5

1

Hawaii

6.00

5

A–

1

1

1

100%

1.00

1

1.0

1.0

0

Idaho

0.81

48

F

0

0

0

31%

0.00

0

0.0

1.0

0

Illinois

4.78

13

B+

0

1

1

61%

0.67

1

1.0

1.0

0d

Indiana

1.89

42

D+

0

0

0

39%

0.00

1

0.0

1.0

0

Iowa

3.83

19

C+

0

1

0

50%

0.33

1

0.0

1.0

1

Kansas

0.76

49

F

0

0

0

26%

0.00

0

0.0

1.0

0

Kentucky

2.43

32

C

0

0

0

26%

0.17

1

0.0

0.0

1

Louisiana

1.62

46

D

0

0

0

37%

0.00

1

0.0

0.5

0

Maine

3.53

23

C+

1

1

0

53%

0.50

0

0.0

1.0

1

Maryland

6.14

3

A–

0

1

1

81%

0.83

1

1.0

1.0

1

Massachusetts

4.74

14

B+

0

0a

1

91%

0.83

1

1.0

1.0

0

Michigan

1.66

45

D

0

0

0

66%

0.00

1

0.0

0.0c

0

Minnesota

4.58

16

B

0

0

1

41%

0.67

1

0.0

1.0

1

Mississippi

2.09

38

C–

0

0

0

9%

0.00

1

0.0

0.0

1

Missouri

1.68

44

D

0

0

0

26%

0.17

1

0.0

0.5c

0

Montana

5.04

11

B+

0a

0a

1

54%

0.50

1

1.0

1.0

1

Nebraska

0.59

50

F

0

0

0

59%

0.00

0

0.0

0.0

0

Nevada

4.44

17

B

0a

1

0

94%

0.50

1

0.0

1.0

1

New Hampshire

3.55

22

C+

0

1

0

88%

0.67

1

0.0

1.0

0

New Jersey

6.08

4

A–

0a

1

1

91%

0.67

1

1.0

1.0

1

New Mexico

5.02

12

B+

0a

1

1

52%

0.50

1

0.0

1.0

1

New York

5.59

7

A–

1

1

1

92%

0.67

1

1.0

1.0

0

North Carolina

3.01

26

C

0

0

0

51%

0.00

1

0.0

1.0

1

North Dakota

2.27

33

C–

0

0

0

27%

0.00

1

0.0

0.0

1

Ohio

2.99

27

C

0

0

0

49%

0.00

1

1.0

0.0

1

Oklahoma

1.95

39

D+

0

0

0

45%

0.00

1

0.0

1.0

0

Oregon

6.28

1

A–

1

1

1

78%

1.00

1

0.0

1.0

1

Pennsylvania

2.53

31

C

0

0

0

53%

0.50

1

0.0

1.0

0

Rhode Island

4.63

15

B+

0

1

0

63%

0.50

1

1.0

1.0

1

South Carolina

3.07

25

C+

0

0

0

40%

0.17

1

0.0

1.0

1

South Dakota

0.23

51

F

0

0

0

23%

0.00

0

0.0

0.0

0

Tennessee

1.42

47

D–

0

0a

0

42%

0.00

0

0.0

0.0

1e

Texas

2.19

36

C–

0

0

0

69%

0.00

1b

0.5

0.5

0

Utah

2.16

37

C–

0

0

0

66%

0.00

0

0.0

1.0

1

Vermont

6.15

2

A–

1

1

1

65%

1.00

1

0.0

1.0

1

Virginia

2.24

34

C–

0

0

0

41%

0.33

1

0.0

1.0

0

Washington

5.20

10

B+

1

1

1

87%

0.83

1

0.0

1.0

0

West Virginia

4.35

18

B

0

0

1

18%

0.17

1

1.0

1.0

1

Wisconsin

1.90

41

D+

0

0

0

40%

0.00

1

0.0

1.0

0

Wyoming

2.21

35

C–

0

1

0

4%

0.17

1

0.0

1.0

0

Notes: aThe legislation is not in effect but remains part of the statutory code. bTexas operates its own state-funded family planning program; women aged 18 and older with family incomes up to 185% of the federal poverty line are eligible. cSee methodology for details on Alabama, Arkansas, and Michigan. dDoes not require sex education but requires health education that covers abstinence. eRequires sex education if the teen pregnancy rate for 15-17 year-olds is 19.5 per 1,000 or higher.

See Appendix A5 for methodology and sources.