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Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization
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“Welcome to modern abortion care,” says Angel Foster, who leads operations at what’s known as the MAP, a Massachusetts telehealth provider sending pills to people who live in states that ban or restrict abortion. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption
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Missouri law requires women seeking divorce to disclose whether they're pregnant — and state judges won't finalize divorces during a pregnancy. Darya Komarova/Getty Images hide caption
Pregnant women in Missouri can't get divorced. Critics say it fuels domestic violence
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Vice President Harris speaks to reporters after her visit to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Saint Paul, Minn. on March 14. Stephen Maturen/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Harris visited an abortion clinic, a first for any president or vice president
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The scene at the U.S. Supreme Court on the day it overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022. Researchers estimate that 64,565 rape-caused pregnancies have occurred in states that banned abortion since then. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
Raped, pregnant and in an abortion ban state? Researchers gauge how often it happens
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Elizabeth Weller speaks at a press conference in Austin, Texas on July 19. She's one of 20 women suing the state after being denied abortions despite serious pregnancy complications. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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New state abortion numbers show increases in some surprising places
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion on June 24, 2022. Tracy Lee for NPR hide caption
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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
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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