A total of 22 states across the United States may ban or restrict abortions, while 16 other states and Washington, D.C. have laws protecting the right to abortions, according to an analysis from the Guttmacher Institute. 

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last Friday and pushed back abortion laws to individual states, some of which have banned or tightened restrictions on abortions because they had trigger laws in place.

President Joe Biden's administration indicated it would seek to prevent states from banning a pill used for medication abortion in light of the Supreme Court ruling, signaling a major new legal fight.

The administration could argue in court that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval of mifepristone, one of the pills used for medication abortions, pre-empts state restrictions, meaning federal authority outweighs any state action.

States will likely face other difficulties enforcing restrictions on medication abortion because women are still likely to be able to obtain the pills online or in other states.

Biden said in remarks after the Supreme Court ruling that the government would seek to protect access to medication abortion, saying efforts to restrict it would be "wrong and extreme and out of touch with the majority of Americans."

"The court has done what it has never done before – expressly take away a constitutional right that is so fundamental to so many Americans," said Biden, who warned that other rights could now be at risk, from contraception to same-sex marriage.

That is the "extreme and dangerous path the court has now taken us on," he said.

Biden vowed to do "all in my power" to curb the impact of the court's ruling – citing as an example women's right to travel out of state to receive reproductive care, and access to abortion pills.

Even before Roe was overturned, states imposed restrictions on access to the pill. There are 19 states that require women to make an in-person visit to obtain the drug, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports the right to an abortion. The FDA does not require an in-person meeting.

Companies take actions

In response of the ruling, corporations spoke up and are taking actions. Companies including Walt Disney, Facebook parent Meta, American Express, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs said they would cover employee travel costs while others like Apple, Starbucks, Lyft and Yelp reiterated previous announcements about taking similar action.

Outdoor clothing maker Patagonia went so far as to post on LinkedIn on Friday that it would provide "training and bail for those who peacefully protest for reproductive justice" and time off to vote.

But of the dozens of big businesses that The Associated Press reached out to Friday, many like McDonald's, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, General Motors, Tyson and Marriott did not respond. Arkansas-based Walmart, the nation's largest employer with a good portion of its stores in states that will immediately trigger abortion bans following Friday's Supreme Court ruling – also kept quiet.

(With input from agencies)