In March and April of 2020, as Covid-19 spread across the US, state governors issued executive orders closing restaurants, gyms, and other places of congregation. They feared that hospitals would run out of personal protective equipment (PPE) if patient volume surged. Thirty-three states suspended elective medical procedures to preserve PPE and hospital capacity, and 15 made some effort through executive order or legislative action to prevent timely abortions. Many of these states classified abortion procedures as a non-essential use of PPE that would threaten public health.
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