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Dr. Laura Laursen, an OB-GYN at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, has treated an influx of abortion patients from outside Illinois after Roe v. Wade was overturned. Marc Monaghan hide caption
Abortion bans are fueling a rise in high-risk patients heading to Illinois hospitals
Protesters make their way to the Wisconsin Capitol Rotunda during a march to support overturning Wisconsin's near total ban on abortion on Jan. 22 in Madison, Wis. Morry Gash/AP hide caption
Two mothers faced vastly different outcomes when they got pregnant and needed medical care in Texas. Nitashia Johnson and Danielle Villasana for NPR hide caption
In post-Roe Texas, 2 mothers with traumatic pregnancies walk very different paths
Demonstrators protest about abortion outside the Supreme Court in Washington, June 24, 2022. In the year since, approximately 22 million women, girls and other people of reproductive age now live in states where abortion access is heavily restricted or totally inaccessible. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
The Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion on June 24, 2022. Tracy Lee for NPR hide caption
Anna drove 40 minutes from her home to pick up free diapers from Tere Haring at Allied Women's Center in San Antonio. Anna, who is pregnant with her seventh child, says she did consider abortion: "All I could think about â like, I need an abortion because there's no way I can deal with everything going on right now and taking care of all the boys by myself and having another baby." Ilana Panich-Linsman for NPR hide caption
They tried and failed to get an abortion. Texas family grapples with what it'll mean
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray discusses efforts to protect reproductive rights during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in August 2022. Murray has re-introduced legislation that would require health insurers to cover over-the-counter birth control if the FDA approves it. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, speaks near the Texas Capitol in Austin during an event to announce that her group is suing the state on behalf of five women and two doctors. Sarah McCammon/NPR hide caption
5 Texas women denied abortions sue the state, saying the bans put them in danger
A recovery room sits empty at Alamo Women's Reproductive Services, in San Antonio, Texas. The clinic closed its doors following the overturn of Roe v. Wade. Callaghan O'hare/Reuters hide caption
Protesters hold signs as they march in opposition to the anti-abortion law S.B. 8 outside the Texas state capitol on May 29, 2021 in Austin. Sergio Flores/Getty Images hide caption
Elaine at her home in Santa Fe. Adria Malcolm for NPR hide caption
For one rape survivor, new abortion bans bring back old, painful memories
Volunteer clinic escorts shield a patient from anti-abortion activists outside the Hope Clinic for Women in Granite City, Illinois, last month. Clinics in states like Illinois, which has less restrictive laws, have been reporting an influx of patients from neighboring states. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Clinic escorts use party horns and whistles to counter the presence of anti-abortion activist Gabriel Olivier, right, outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Jackson, Miss., on July 6, 2022. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption
Mississippi's last abortion clinic shuts down. The owner promises to continue working
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
A medical assistant checks a patient's pregnancy test at the Women's Reproductive Clinic, which provides legal medication abortion services, in Santa Teresa, N.M., in a photo taken last month. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Dr. Kara Beasley protests the overturning of Roe vs. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court, in Denver, Colorado on June 24, 2022. JASON CONNOLLY/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Doctors weren't considered in Dobbs, but now they're on abortion's legal front lines
Abortion-rights activists carry flags as they gather to participate in the Queer Liberation march in New York City earlier this week. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Thomas Dobbs is the state health officer at the Mississippi State Department of Health. His name appears on the landmark Supreme Court case on abortion rights, despite having "nothing to do with it," he has said. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
ATLANTA, GA - MAY 21: People hold signs during a protest against recently passed abortion ban bills at the Georgia State Capitol building, on May 21, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. The Georgia "heartbeat" bill would ban abortion when a fetal heartbeat is detected. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images) Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images hide caption
Abortion rights demonstrators gather near the Washington Monument during a nationwide rally in support of abortion rights in Washington, D.C., US, on May 14, 2022. Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption