Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood, testifies during a hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
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In 1954, Dr. Frederick C. Robbins, then chief of pediatrics and contagious diseases at Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, was one of three winners of that year's Nobel Prize in medicine. The scientists' work, which led to a vaccine against polio, was performed in human fetal cells. AP hide caption
Research On Fetal Tissue Draws Renewed Political, Scientific Scrutiny
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Ted Cruz has strong views on abortion. Americans tend to be more ambivalent. Olivier Douliery/Getty Images hide caption
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Pope Francis leaves St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in August. In a letter published Tuesday, he said, in part, "I have decided ... to concede to all priests for the Jubilee Year the discretion to absolve of the sin of abortion those who have procured it and who, with contrite heart, seek forgiveness for it." Gregorio Borgia/AP hide caption
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Dr. David Burkons holds the licensing certificates that allowed him to open a clinic that provides medical and surgical abortions. It took about 18 extra months of inspections, he says, to get the approval to offer surgical abortions. Sarah Jane Tribble/WCPN hide caption
Bucking Trend, Ohio Doctor Opens Clinic That Provides Abortion Services
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A Jizo figure at the Great Vow Zen Monastery in Clatskanie, Ore. Deena Prichep for NPR hide caption
Adopting A Buddhist Ritual To Mourn Miscarriage, Abortion
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A Planned Parenthood location in New York City. The organization is a presidential-campaign target. Andrew Burton/Getty Images hide caption
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Anti-abortion activists hold a rally opposing federal funding for Planned Parenthood in front of the U.S. Capitol on July 28 in Washington, D.C. Olivier Douliery/Getty Images hide caption
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Protesters rally on the steps of the Texas state capitol on July 28 to condemn the use of fetal tissue for medical research. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
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Susan Cahill, owner of All Families Healthcare, stands in front of the first building in Kalispell, Mont., where she offered abortion services. After vandalism closed her last clinic down, Missoula became the nearest place for women in the Flathead Valley to find abortion services. Corin Cates-Carney/MTPR hide caption
How Vandalism And Fear Ended Abortion In Northwest Montana
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The U.S. Supreme Court gave a reprieve to Texas clinics that provide abortion services. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
Supreme Court Reprieve Lets 10 Texas Abortion Clinics Stay Open For Now
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On July 9, 2013, opponents and supporters of a bill to put restrictions on abortion hold signs near a news conference outside the Texas Capitol in Austin. The bill was passed, but has been battled in the courts for two years; now, the law is set to go into effect July 1. Eric Gay/AP hide caption