Texas Gov. Greg Abbott at Dallas' City Hall in July. Abbott has strongly endorsed new rules that would require removed fetal tissue to be buried or cremated. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
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Planned Parenthood's president, Cecile Richards, addresses the Democratic National Convention in July. Republicans in Congress have repeatedly threatened to cut off federal funding for Planned Parenthood because the family planning group performs abortions at some clinics. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
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Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed a 20-week abortion ban into law Tuesday, the same day he vetoed legislation outlawing abortions once a fetus's heartbeat is detectable. Above, Kasich in Washington, D.C., last month. Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
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Funeral Directors Weigh In On Texas Rule Requiring Burial Of Fetal Remains
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A large balloon in support of the Heartbeat Bill flies outside the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, in June 2012. More than four years later, the measure, which would ban abortions as soon as six weeks after conception, has passed the Legislature — after being folded into a widely supported child abuse bill. Ann Sanner/AP hide caption
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President Ronald Reagan at a political rally. UniversalImagesGroup/Getty Images hide caption
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People await a decision outside the Supreme Court on June 27. The court struck down a Texas law restricting abortions. Pete Marovich/Getty Images hide caption
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Pope Francis closes the Holy Door in St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday in Vatican City, marking the end of the Jubilee Year of Mercy. Vatican Pool/Getty Images hide caption
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Vice President-elect Mike Pence arrives at Trump Tower on Tuesday to meet with President-elect Donald Trump about choosing key members of their future administration. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
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A health care provider interviews a patient at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Boston in 2013. Steven Senne/AP hide caption
Access To Abortion Could Be Curtailed Under Trump Administration
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Community Health Options founders COO Robert Hillman (left) and CEO Kevin Lewis seen in 2013 when the co-op began offering coverage. Gordon Chibroski/Portland Press Herald/Getty Images hide caption
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Demonstrators in favor of abortion rights (left) shout at an anti-abortion activist at a rally in Santiago, Chile, on March 21. Chile is one of the few countries that ban abortion in all circumstances. Lawmakers are working on a measure that would allow abortions in some cases. But many religious conservatives say the current law should remain. Esteban Felix/AP hide caption
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump stands on stage after the third presidential debate at UNLV in Las Vegas on Wednesday. John Locher/AP hide caption
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Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., left, and Gov. Mike Pence, R-Ind., speak during the vice presidential debate at Longwood University in Farmville, Va. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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A demonstrator waves a black flag on Monday as people in Warsaw take part in a nationwide strike and demonstration to protest against a legislative proposal for a total ban of abortion in Poland. Janek Skarzynski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption