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Friday
Even though Democrats had bigger majorities in Congress under Democratic Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, large numbers of anti-abortion Democrats in both chambers meant abortion protections could not be codified. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Volunteer clinic escorts shield a patient from anti-abortion activists outside the Hope Clinic for Women in Granite City, Illinois, last month. Clinics in states like Illinois, which has less restrictive laws, have been reporting an influx of patients from neighboring states. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
In states that outlaw abortion, some patients and health care workers worry that in vitro fertilization could be in legal jeopardy too. Sebastian Kaulitzki/Getty Images/Science Photo Library hide caption
Tuesday
House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., leads a hearing on the future of abortion rights following the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court on July 14. The House on Tuesday voted to protect same-sex and interracial marriages, a direct confrontation with the Supreme Court. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Friday
Abortion rights protesters gather at the Texas state capitol in Austin in June. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Indiana Attorney General candidate Todd Rokita has called for an investigation into the Indiana obstetrician for providing abortion care to a 10-year-old rape victim. Darron Cummings/AP hide caption
Wednesday
In May, demonstrators gathered in Dayton, Ohio, to protest in favor of abortion rights after the leak of the draft of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade. A raped 10-year-old Ohio girl's abortion in Indianapolis recently became national news. SOPA Images/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett hide caption
Supporters of a ballot measure to legalize abortion in Michigan gathered on Monday, after submitting hundreds of thousands of signatures to qualify for the November ballot. Joey Cappelletti/AP hide caption
In Michigan, the future of abortion rights could soon be up to voters
Monday
Google announced that it would delete location data showing when people visit abortion providers, but privacy experts, and some Google employees, want the company to do more to safeguard data. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption
Privacy advocates fear Google will be used to prosecute abortion seekers
Thursday
Clinic escorts use party horns and whistles to counter the presence of anti-abortion activist Gabriel Olivier, right, outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Jackson, Miss., on July 6, 2022. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption
Mississippi's last abortion clinic shuts down. The owner promises to continue working
Wednesday
An employee adds codes to a schedule board at the Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport, Louisiana. FRANCOIS PICARD/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
Abortion rights activists protest in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2022, two days after the US Supreme Court scrapped half-century constitutional protections for the procedure. Samuel Corum/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A medical assistant checks a patient's pregnancy test at the Women's Reproductive Clinic, which provides legal medication abortion services, in Santa Teresa, N.M., in a photo taken last month. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Sunday
Dr. Kara Beasley protests the overturning of Roe vs. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court, in Denver, Colorado on June 24, 2022. JASON CONNOLLY/AFP via Getty Images hide caption