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FILE - In this April 23, 2021, file photo Chief Justice John Roberts sits during a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years — a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases.(Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)

Chief Justice Roberts strikes own path on abortion ruling

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A celebration outside the Supreme Court, Friday, June 24, 2022, in Washington. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years — a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

How U.S. states have banned, limited or protected abortion

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Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks at the Road to Majority conference Friday, June 17, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

A momentous win for pro-life, a devastating loss for pro-choice: reactions to Dobbs pour in

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

FILE - Members of the Supreme Court pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, April 23, 2021. Seated from left are Associate Justice Samuel Alito, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer and Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Standing from left are Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch and Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years — a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)

Voters will now decide abortion rights

By Hogan Gidley

Tanya Britton prays with her dog, Sybil, by her side, while helping to prepare for Mass at St. James Catholic Church in Tupelo, Miss., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Many people across the U.S. are reacting with horror to the Supreme Court's abortion decision, overturning Roe v. Wade. But on a day that belonged to the victors, millions of others like Britton, who've been immersed in the anti-abortion movement for the past half-century, are rejoicing. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

‘We’ve done our part’: End of Roe brings answer to prayer

By Matt Sedensky - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump speaks to the crowd gathered at the Landers Center in Southaven, Miss., Saturday, June 18, 2022. (Joe Rondone/The Commercial Appeal via AP)

Divine intervention of Donald Trump

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

Abortion-rights demonstrators gather outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Abortion dissenters warn same-sex marriage, contraceptive rights could go next

By Stephen Dinan and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., wields the gavel during a May 2020 hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Democrats like Ms. Eshoo are preparing to use abortion rights as their heavy ammunition against Republicans heading into a tough election season that could cost them control of the lower chamber. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Democrats make claim for mantle of individual liberty, limited government in abortion debate

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Abortion rights demonstrators attend a rally at the Texas Capitol, Saturday, May 14, 2022, in Austin, Texas. Progressive prosecutors around the U.S. are declaring they won't enforce some of the most restrictive and punitive anti-abortion laws that GOP-led states have waited years to implement. The promises come as the Supreme Court appears on track to overturn the constitutional right to abortion. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

If Roe falls, some DAs won’t enforce anti-abortion laws

By Kimberlee Kruesi - Associated Press

Beila Kraus, 15, far right, of Westchester, N.Y., and Ian Davey, 19, of Cleveland, Ohio, center, join protesters outside the Supreme Court in support of abortion rights, Wednesday, June 15, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Abortions up after three-decade decline ahead of Supreme Court decision

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Planned Parenthood advocacy programs manager, Allison Terracio, left, stands outside the clinic to escort patients showing up for abortion appointments as Valerie Berry, program manager for the anti-abortion group, A Moment of Hope, holds up a sign at the entrance in Columbia, S.C., Friday, May 27, 2022. After decades of tiny steps and endless setbacks, America's anti-abortion movement is poised for the possibility of a massive leap. With the Supreme Court due to deliver a landmark ruling expected to seriously curtail or completely overturn the constitutional right to abortion found in the 49-year-old Roe v. Wade decision, anti-abortion advocates across the U.S. are hopeful they'll be recording a win. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Abortion foes, accustomed to small wins, ready for a big one

By Matt Sedensky - Associated Press

Melanie Wong holds a plastic fetus on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, outside the Hope Clinic for Women in Granite City, Ill. Wong, who opposes abortion, says she was standing outside the clinic to offer support to women seeking abortions who may have a change of heart and need support. Pregnant with her third child, she told her young son, &quot;This is about how big my baby is.&quot; (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)

On behalf of our posterity

By Michael O. Kenney and R. Martin Palmer

FILE - Gretchen Raffa, vice president of public policy, advocacy and organizing at Planned Parenthood of Southern New England, Inc., appears with a group of Connecticut elected officials as she speaks at a news conference, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford. Raffa thanked lawmakers for passing legislation this session that attempts to protect providers and patients from out-of-state legal actions filed in anti-abortion states. (AP Photo/Susan Haigh, File)

With Roe in doubt, states weigh letting nurses do abortions

By Susan Haigh - Associated Press

People attend the Women's March ATX rally on Oct., 2, 2021, at the Texas State Capitol in Austin. The Texas Supreme Court on Friday paved the way for the nation's toughest abortion law to remain in place in a ruling that again deflated clinics' hopes of stopping — or even pausing — the restrictions any time soon. (AP Photo/Stephen Spillman) **FILE**

Texas capital Austin moves to abortion rights ahead of Roe v. Wade decision

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

In this March 9, 2020, file photo a marble bust of Chief Justice Roger Taney is displayed in the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the U.S. Capitol in Washington. The House will vote Wednesday, July 22, on whether to remove from the U.S. Capitol a bust of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, the author of the 1857 Dred Scott decision that declared African Americans couldn't be citizens. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) **FILE**

History As It Happens: Dred Scott, the worst ruling ever

By Martin Di Caro

In this Jan. 22, 2017, photo, the Guam Catholic Pro-Life Committee holds its annual &quot;Chain for Life&quot; protest against abortion at the Guam International Trade Center intersection in Tamuning, Guam. Women from the remote U.S. territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands will likely have to travel farther than other Americans to terminate a pregnancy if the Supreme Court overturns a precedent that established a national right to abortion in the United States. (Frank San Nicolas/The Pacific Daily via AP, File)

On remote US territories, abortion hurdles mount without Roe

By Audrey McAvoy - Associated Press

Abortion-rights demonstrators coming from the Washington Monument march past the Supreme Court in Washington, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Loss of trust, collegiality at Supreme Court after leak of abortion draft opinion

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - A 33-year-old mother of three from central Texas is escorted down the hall by clinic administrator Kathaleen Pittman prior to getting an abortion, Oct. 9, 2021, at Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport, La. Reproductive rights advocates are planning to open new abortion clinics or expand the capacity of existing ones in states without restrictive abortion laws. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Abortion-friendly states prep for more patients if Roe falls

By Emily Wagster Pettus and Rachel La Corte - Associated Press

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer attends an event with President Joe Biden in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. A draft opinion that suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision reverberated in political battleground Michigan. Attention quickly turned to the courts, where Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Planned Parenthood — anticipating the ruling — filed lawsuits less than a month ago seeking to invalidate the 1931 law that remains on the books. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Judge suspends Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban

By Ed White - Associated Press

The U.S. Supreme Court, Monday, May 16, 2022, in Washington. A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a Politico report released. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

House Pro-Choice Caucus rejects ‘choice’ as Dems struggle with abortion messaging

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times