Natalie and her child at their home in Iowa, a state that bans abortion after six weeks gestation. In the two years since Roe v. Wade was overturned, 14 states have enacted abortion bans. Kathryn Gamble for NPR hide caption
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Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., spoke with students as a surrogate for the Biden-Harris reelection campaign at college campuses across Wisconsin, a state that had the highest youth turnout in the country in the 2022 midterms. Jeongyoon Han/NPR hide caption
How Florida and Arizona Supreme Court rulings change the abortion access map
California legislators in 2019 passed the law that requires all the state's 33 public university campuses to provide abortion pills. It took effect in January 2023, but LAist found that basic information for students to obtain the medication is often nonexistent. Jackie Fortiér/LAist hide caption
California colleges provide abortion pills but many fail to make students aware
Olivia Rodrigo performs at the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton, on June 25, 2022, in Glastonbury, England. Kate Green/Getty Images hide caption
A view of the Montana State Capitol on May 3, 2023, in Helena, Montana. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Kirsten Engel, an Arizona Democrat running for U.S. House, speaks during a Women's March rally in Phoenix on Jan. 20. Caitlin O'Hara/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
A patient prepares to take the first of two combination pills, mifepristone, for a medication abortion during a visit to a clinic in Kansas City, Kan., on Oct. 12, 2022. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption
State abortion initiatives have proved to be major voter mobilizers since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion in 2022. Roberto Machado Noa/Getty Images hide caption
A next big ballot fight over abortion could come to Arizona
Anti-abortion demonstrators gather outside Planned Parenthood's Water Street Health Center in Milwaukee on Monday, Sept. 2023. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin began offering abortions at the clinic that day after not doing so for more than a year. Margaret Faust/ WPR hide caption
U.S. Sen. Michael Rounds (R-SD) speaks to members of the press as he arrives at a Senate Republican policy luncheon. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
GOP Sen. Mike Rounds says 'common sense' will yield bipartisan defense spending bill
Demonstrators rally to mark the first anniversary of the US Supreme Court ruling in the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization case in Washington, DC on June 24, 2023. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Abortion access could continue to change in year 2 after the overturn of Roe v. Wade
Volunteer pilots fly patients to get abortions and gender-affirming medical care from states with bans to nearby states where the services are available. Rose Conlon/Kansas News Service hide caption
Volunteer pilots fly patients seeking abortions to states where it's legal
Abortion-rights protesters fill Indiana Statehouse corridors on Aug. 5 as lawmakers vote on a near-total abortion ban, in Indianapolis. An Indiana judge on Thursday blocked the state's abortion ban from being enforced, putting the law on hold as abortion clinic operators argue that the new law violates the state constitution. AP/Arleigh Rodgers, File hide caption
A room in a Planned Parenthood of Illinois clinic in Waukegan, where abortion providers from Wisconsin are helping to provide access to more patients from their home state now that abortion is nearly banned there. Manuel Martinez/WBEZ hide caption
Abortion is legal in Illinois. In Wisconsin, it's nearly banned. So clinics teamed up
Dr. Nicole Scott, the residency program director at Indiana's largest teaching hospital, is worried what the near-total ban on abortion in the state means for her hospital's ability to recruit and retain the best doctors. Farah Yousry/Side Effects Public Media hide caption
Their mentor was attacked. Now young OB-GYNs may leave Indiana
Brittany Mostiller, former executive director of the Chicago Abortion Fund, said the fund's financial support prevented her from taking more drastic actions she'd considered when she found out she was pregnant. Armando L. Sanchez/Tribune News Service via Getty Images hide caption
The view of an exam room inside the Hope Clinic For Women in Granite City, Illinois. People seeking abortions in restrictive states must now look beyond their borders, which is why a nonprofit organization wants to establish a floating clinic in federal waters. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A floating abortion clinic is in the planning stage, and people are already on board
Supporters of abortion rights rally at the Minnesota State Capitol Building in downtown St. Paul following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade. Michael Siluk/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption
A Planned Parenthood of Montana clinic in Helena is among those that recently changed its policies to restrict its distribution of abortion pills only to patients from states without abortion bans in effect. Matt Volz/Kaiser Health News hide caption
An employee adds codes to a schedule board at the Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport, Louisiana. FRANCOIS PICARD/AFP via Getty Images hide caption