The abortion drug mifepristone was approved by the FDA more than 20 years ago. The FDA recently relaxed some of the rules for dispensing the drug. Now, some legislatures are trying to restrict access. Phil Walter/Getty Images hide caption
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Abortion-rights supporters protest in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday. California is one of the states that is expanding abortion access to prepare for the possibility of the Supreme Court striking down Roe v. Wade. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Friday
Democratic Sen. Lauren Book speaks in favor of her amendment to SB 146, a proposed abortion bill in the Florida Senate on Wednesday in Tallahassee, Fla. Alicia Devine/AP hide caption
Monday
Abortion-rights supporters protest in Austin, Texas, in October. Doctors say their worst fears about the Texas abortion law are coming true. Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Doctors' worst fears about the Texas abortion law are coming true
Thursday
A protester prays ahead of the North Texas March for Life, celebrating the passage and court rulings upholding the Texas law known as Senate Bill 8, on Jan. 15. Shafkat Anowar/The Dallas Morning New/via AP hide caption
Friday
People attend the March for Life rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Friday. The march, in its 49th year, comes as a Supreme Court decision on abortion rights could unravel Roe v. Wade. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
Demonstrators gathered in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices heard arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, a case about a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks, on December 01, 2021. Experts believe a ruling on this case could undermine or overturn Roe v. Wade. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Abortion-rights opponents participate in the 48th annual March for Life outside the U.S. Supreme Court January 29, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Activists look ahead to what could be the 'last anniversary' for Roe
Monday
Demonstrators rally against laws the limit access to abortion at the Texas State Capitol on October 2, 2021 in Austin, Texas. The Women's March and other groups organized marches across the country to protest a new abortion law in Texas. Montinique Monroe/Getty Images hide caption
Prescribing abortion pills online or mailing them in Texas can now land you in jail
Wednesday
Wednesday
Protesters take part in the Women's March and Rally for Abortion Justice at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Saturday. Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
Thousands of demonstrators march outside the U.S. Supreme Court during the Women's March in Washington, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption
Friday
Abortion-rights supporters march outside the Texas Capitol in Austin on Sept. 1. Sergio Flores/The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption
Glenda Lima, a surgical tech at Houston Women's Reproductive Services, performs an ultrasound on a patient on Sept. 30. The patient drove to the clinic from Louisiana, and the ultrasound was to determine whether the woman was less than six weeks pregnant and eligible to have an abortion in Texas, which has enacted the strictest anti-abortion law in the United States. Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters hide caption
Doctors say the Texas abortion ban is complicating other types of medical decisions
Friday
The Women's Health Protection Act passed the House mainly along party lines in what was a largely symbolic vote as the bill is unlikely to advance in the Senate. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption