Norma McCorvey, who adopted the pseudonym "Jane Roe" in the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision, is seen in 1990. AP hide caption
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President Trump signs an executive order alongside Vice President Pence administration officials. One of the documents Trump signed that day was a memorandum reinstating the "Mexico City policy." Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Friday
Opponents of abortion rights gather at the Washington Monument to hear Vice President Pence speak at the March for Life rally on Friday. Tasos Katopodis/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
On Abortion, Goals Of Back-To-Back Marches Couldn't Be More Different
Monday
A mobile clinic outside Mombassa, Kenya, provides women in rural areas with family planning options like contraceptive implants and offers cervical cancer screening as well. Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images hide caption
Trump Bans U.S. Funding For Groups That 'Promote' Abortion Overseas
Sunday
President Donald Trump is joined by the Congressional leadership and his family before formally signing his cabinet nominations into law on Jan. 20 in the President's Room of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are, Vice President Mike Pence, the president's wife Melania Trump, their son Barron Trump, and House Speaker Paul Ryan. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Thursday
Anne Logan Bass, a clinician at Planned Parenthood in Roanoke, Va., fears that misinformation and inaccurate information will make it harder for the nonprofit organization to do its job providing women's health services, including abortions. Ari Shapiro/NPR hide caption
At A Virginia Planned Parenthood Clinic, Practitioners Worry For Their Patients
Sunday
House Speaker Paul Ryan and Vice President-elect Mike Pence plan to include defunding of Planned Parenthood in a budget reconciliation bill intended to also defund the Affordable Care Act. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Saturday
Signage is displayed outside a Planned Parenthood office in Peoria, Ill. Donald Trump's political inner circle is very much in favor of defunding the organization. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
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
Wednesday
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
Tuesday
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
Monday
Funeral Directors Weigh In On Texas Rule Requiring Burial Of Fetal Remains
Wednesday
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
Tuesday
President Ronald Reagan at a political rally. UniversalImagesGroup/Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
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