Pastor Michael Shover of Christ the Redeemer Church in Pella, Iowa, left, argues with Ryan Maher, of Des Moines, as protesters clashed in the Iowa State Capitol rotunda, while the Iowa Legislature convened for a special session on July 11, 2023. Zach Boyden-Holmes/AP hide caption
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Two mothers faced vastly different outcomes when they got pregnant and needed medical care in Texas. Nitashia Johnson and Danielle Villasana for NPR hide caption
In post-Roe Texas, 2 mothers with traumatic pregnancies walk very different paths
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Demonstrators protest about abortion outside the Supreme Court in Washington, June 24, 2022. In the year since, approximately 22 million women, girls and other people of reproductive age now live in states where abortion access is heavily restricted or totally inaccessible. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
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FILE - A patient prepares to take the first of two combination pills, mifepristone, for a medication abortion during a visit to a clinic in Kansas City, Kan., on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption
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Protesters filled the street in front of the Supreme Court after the court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022. Nearly a year later, 61% of respondents to a new Gallup poll said overturning Roe was a "bad thing." Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The third episode in season four of the HBO hit 'Succession' has the dysfunctional Roys dealing with grief and death. HBO hide caption