Altia Connor, 71, of Louisville, says she remembers a time when pregnant teens sometimes died from botched abortions. She opposes Amendment 2. Sarah McCammon/NPR hide caption
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Celina Washburn protests outside the Arizona Capitol to voice her dissent with an abortion ruling on Sept. 23, 2022, in Phoenix. Matt York/AP hide caption
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The entrance of Barnard College in New York City. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
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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
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Celina Washburn protests outside the Arizona Capitol to voice her dissent with an abortion ruling, on Sept. 23, 2022, in Phoenix. Matt York/AP hide caption
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Protesters march around the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix after the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. A new Arizona law banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy takes effect Saturday, Sept. 24. Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption
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Demonstrators at the Texas State Capitol call for access to abortion at a rally in September 2021 in Austin. Days earlier, Texas had enacted SB 8, which bans most abortions after about six weeks. Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images hide caption
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Republican South Carolina Sen. Tom Davis looks over papers at his desk before debate about a bill banning abortion on Sept. 7. Jeffrey Collins/AP hide caption
Abortion rights advocates and anti-abortion protesters demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 1, 2021. Heading in the 2022 midterm elections, abortion leads as the top issue for Democrats. For Republicans, it is inflation. For independents, inflation also tops and abortion ranks second. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
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Abortion rights protesters attend a rally outside the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich., on June 24, following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption
A 1931 law criminalizing abortion in Michigan is unconstitutional, a judge rules
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs building is seen in Washington, D.C., in 2019. Alastair Pike/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Brandy Bottone has said she was not trying to make a political statement when she told Dallas deputies that her fetus counts as a living person. LM Otero/AP hide caption
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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
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This computer-generated image shows the formation of a zygote after fertilization. Some Republican-led states, including Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, and Oklahoma, have passed laws declaring that life begins at fertilization, a contention that opens the door to a host of pregnancy-related litigation. Anatomical Travelogue/Science Source hide caption