South Carolina Assistant Attorney General Thomas Hydrick argues during a hearing in Columbia on Friday that a judge should not halt enforcement of the state's new abortion law. Jeffrey Collins/AP hide caption
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South Carolina Sen. Penry Gustafson, R-Camden, speaks during a Senate debate on whether to pass a stricter law on abortion, Tuesday, May 23, 2023, in Columbia, S.C. Jeffrey Collins/AP hide caption
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U.S. Sen. Patty Murray discusses efforts to protect reproductive rights during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in August 2022. Murray has re-introduced legislation that would require health insurers to cover over-the-counter birth control if the FDA approves it. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Saturday
Juju Tyner of Lincoln, right, leads the singing of "Over the Rainbow" during the protest of LB 574, which limits gender-affirming care for trans youth, on Friday, May 19, 2023, in Lincoln, Neb. Justin Wan/AP hide caption
Saturday
A screenshot taken from Google Street View shows the gas station parking lot in Dallas where Gabriella Gonzalez was fatally shot the morning after she'd gotten an abortion in Colorado. Google Street View/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Tuesday
Autumn Hendry moved into the Nesting Place maternity home after she became pregnant, but she wasn't allowed to stay after she began using meth and alcohol again. Katia Riddle hide caption
Maternity homes provide support in a post-Roe world, but not without conditions
Monday
Jonathan Mitchell, pictured on April 27 inside the statehouse in Austin, Texas, is credited with devising the legal strategy behind the near-total abortion ban in Texas known as S.B. 8. Sarah McCammon/NPR hide caption
He helped craft the 'bounty hunter' abortion law in Texas. He's just getting started
Saturday
Demonstrators rally in support of abortion rights at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Friday
The third episode in season four of the HBO hit 'Succession' has the dysfunctional Roys dealing with grief and death. HBO hide caption
Death and grief in 'Succession'; plus, privacy and the abortion pill
Packages of Mifepfex, the brand-name version of mifepristone, seen at a family planning clinic in Rockville, Md. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
Here's what really happened during the abortion drug's approval 24 years ago
A patient prepares to take mifepristone during a visit to an abortion provider in Kansas City, Kan., in October. A federal judge's preliminary injunction invalidating the FDA's approval of the common abortion medication could have far-reaching effects if it's allowed to stand. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption
A group activists gathered outside the Tallahassee City Hall building to protest SB 300, which would place a ban on abortions after six weeks, Monday, April 3, 2023, in Tallahassee, Fla. Alicia Devine/AP hide caption
Monday
Text messages included as exhibits in Marcus Silva's lawsuit may offer clues about when they were captured. from a lawsuit filed in Galveston County, Texas hide caption
Documents in abortion pill lawsuit raise questions about ex-husband's claims
Mifepristone was approved more than 20 years ago to induce first-trimester abortions in combination with a second drug, misoprostol. Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption
Friday
Wellspring Health Access clinic was set to open in June 2022 in Casper, Wyo., when it was damaged by arson in late May, 2022. If it opens this year, the women's health and abortion clinic would be the only one of its kind in the state. Mead Gruver/AP hide caption