The Women's Health Protection Act passed the House mainly along party lines in what was a largely symbolic vote as the bill is unlikely to advance in the Senate. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
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Activists supporting the decriminalization of abortion in Mexico march in Guadalajara, Mexico, on September 28, 2019. Mexico's Supreme Court has ruled that it is unconstitutional to punish abortion. Ulises Ruiz/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Lyft said it would pay the legal fees for any of its drivers sued under Texas' new abortion law, which it called "incompatible" with company values. Uber quickly followed suit. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Lyft And Uber Will Pay Drivers' Legal Fees If They're Sued Under Texas Abortion Law
Activists have taken to TikTok and other platforms to fight a restrictive new abortion law in Texas. Kiichiro Sato/AP hide caption
Thursday
The term "fetal heartbeat," as used in the anti-abortion law in Texas, is misleading and not based on science, say physicians who specialize in reproductive health. What the ultrasound machine detects in an embryo at six weeks of pregnancy is actually just electrical activity from cells that aren't yet a heart. And the sound that you "hear" is actually manufactured by the ultrasound machine. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
The Texas abortion ban hinges on 'fetal heartbeat.' Doctors call that misleading
Wednesday
Daniela Draghici in the living room of her apartment in Bucharest. Draghici is an abortion-rights advocate who served as a family planning program manager for a U.S.-funded Romanian nonprofit group from 1992 to 2002. Ioana Moldovan for NPR hide caption
The new law in Texas is one of the most strict abortion bans in the nation. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
Friday
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans has ruled that Texas may prohibit a common second-trimester abortion procedure. Jonathan Bachman/AP hide caption
Wednesday
U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker blocked an Arkansas law banning nearly all abortions from taking effect, issuing a preliminary injunction preventing the law's enforcement while she considers a challenge to its constitutionality. Rick McFarland/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP hide caption
Monday
President Biden has stepped lightly into the abortion politics fray, taking few actions to reverse the previous administration's anti-abortion-rights policies. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Anti-abortion-rights protesters come out in May to the Texas Capitol in Austin in response to a bill that Gov. Greg Abbott signed outlawing abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected. Sergio Flores/Getty Images hide caption