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Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization

Friday

Elaine at her home in Santa Fe. Adria Malcolm for NPR hide caption

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For one rape survivor, new abortion bans bring back old, painful memories

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Thursday

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

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Thursday

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

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Mississippi's last abortion clinic shuts down. The owner promises to continue working

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Wednesday

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

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The economic effects of being denied an abortion

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Tuesday

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

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Sunday

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

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Doctors weren't considered in Dobbs, but now they're on abortion's legal front lines

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Wednesday

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

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Friday

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

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Tuesday

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Wednesday

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

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Tuesday

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

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Sunday

Caroline McDonald, left, a student at Georgetown University, Lauren Morrissey, with Catholics for Choice, and Pamela Huber, of Washington, join a abortion-rights rally outside the Supreme Court, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption

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When does life begin? Religions don't agree

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