Wade and Doe v. Bolton, states have built a framework on abortion law, codifying, regulating and limiting whether, when and under what circumstances a woman can obtain an abortion. Overview of abortion laws as of 2014. Forty-one states have enacted restrictions on abortion at various stages of pregnancy, but nine states and the District of Columbia have no specific laws banning abortion after a certain point in pregnancy. Public funding includes seventeen states using their own funds to pay for all or most medically necessary abortions for Medicaid enrollees in the state, thirty-two states and the District of Columbia prohibit the use of state funds except in cases in which federal funds are available: when the woman's life is in danger or the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. Despite federal requirements, South Dakota limits funding only to life-threatening cases. Regarding refusal, there are forty-six states that allow individual health care providers to refuse to participate in an abortion and forty-three states allow institutions to refuse to perform abortions, sixteen of which limit refusal to private or religious individuals.