Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed into law a bill that bans abortion beginning at around six weeks. LM Otero/AP hide caption
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A Planned Parenthood of Utah facility in Salt Lake City. The Biden administration is moving to reverse a Trump-era family planning policy that critics describe as a domestic "gag rule" for reproductive healthcare providers. Rick Bowmer/AP hide caption
Biden Administration Moves To Undo Trump Abortion Rules For Title X
Wednesday
The Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City. Under a new state law, a biological father will be responsible for half of a woman's out-of-pocket pregnancy costs. Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday signed into law a bill banning nearly all abortions in the state, a sweeping measure that supporters hope will force the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit its landmark Roe v. Wade decision. Andrew Demillo/AP hide caption
Thursday
Protesters against new restrictions on abortion walk toward the Law and Justice Party headquarters on Wednesday night in Warsaw. A Constitutional Court ruling in October determined that abortions are only legal in cases of rape and incest, and when the mother's health or life is in danger. Omar Marques/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
President Biden signs executive actions hours after his inauguration on Wednesday. He is expected to reverse several Trump-era policies. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Friday
Demonstrators wait with green headscarves — the symbol of abortion rights activists — outside the Argentine Congress in Buenos Aires, where lawmakers endorsed a bill to legalize abortion Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
A 19-year-old woman talks with nurse Valeria Zafisoa at a traveling contraception clinic in eastern Madagascar run by the British nonprofit group Marie Stopes International. Samantha Reinders for NPR hide caption
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Dr. Warren Hern's clinic in Boulder, Colo., photographed on Monday, June 1, 2009. Hern said a ballot initiative to ban abortion after 22 weeks in Colorado would prohibit about 95% of the procedures performed at the clinic. Ed Andrieski/ASSOCIATED PRESS hide caption
Tuesday
Anti-abortion-rights activists participate in the March for Life rally near the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 24. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
A World Without Legal Abortion: How Activists Envision A 'Post-Roe' Nation
Tuesday
The U.S. flag and flag of Vatican City are hung on the outside of the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference building in Harrisburg, Pa., on March 26, 2019. Catholics outnumber Evangelicals in Pennsylvania by a 2-to-1 margin. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Friday
Activists on opposite sides of the abortion debate demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court during the annual anti-abortion-rights event known as the March for Life, on Jan. 24 in Washington, D.C. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Monday
President Trump and Judge Amy Coney Barrett walk to the Rose Garden of the White House on Saturday. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A Look At Amy Coney Barrett's Record On Abortion Rights
Saturday
Renee-Lauren Ellis, a Washington, D.C.-area attorney, says, "It's dire that something as fundamental as what I do with my body is up for debate still, in 2020." Sarah McCammon/NPR hide caption
Ginsburg's Death A 'Pivot Point' For Abortion Rights, Advocates Say
Thursday
Vice President Pence speaks on the third day of the Republican National Convention at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine in Baltimore. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption