In this map, the Population Institute illustrates how many of the states at risk of the Zika virus scored poorly on measures of reproductive rights and health.
States that received failing grades and are within range of the mosquito carrying the virus include Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. According to the Population Institute, Texas is "particularly vulnerable" because of lingering ramifications of family planning funding cuts and recently overturned abortion restrictions in an omnibus antiabortion law (HB 2). Florida, which has already reported local Zika transmission, earned its low score with numerous abortion restrictions, high rate of teenage pregnancy and failure to require comprehensive sex education in schools (Population Institute report, 9/1).


