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Nine years ago, state Sen. Wendy Davis stopped a vote on a bill that would have forced Texas abortion facilities to close. Now abortions will soon be illegal in the state with few exceptions.

NPR’s Susan Davis speaks with Dr. Charlie Browne, a Seattle-based abortion provider, about how the end of Roe v. Wade will affect his work.

When Dr. Maya Bass moved from Oklahoma to Philadelphia, she would regularly fly back to her former home state to perform abortions. Now, she has a different plan.

NPR’s Susan Davis speaks to California Attorney General Rob Bonta about recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions on gun control and access to abortion.

The Supreme Court ruling yesterday triggered immediate abortion bans in Kentucky, Louisiana and South Dakota. But EMW Women’s Surgical Center, a Louisville abortion clinic, is fighting to stay open.

NPR’s Susan Davis speaks with Dr. Christina Francis, board member of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, about the U.S. Supreme Court decision on abortion.

With the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, Minnesota will be one of the states where abortion remains legally protected. But legal doesn’t necessarily mean accessible, advocates warn.

The clinic at the center of the Supreme Court’s Roe decision is Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The last clinic to provide abortions in Mississippi, it lost its fight to preserve abortion rights.

Physicians must treat in line with patients’ wishes and standards of care. Some medical ethicists say that abortion bans will force doctors to disregard these obligations in order to follow the law.

NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Alexis McGill Johnson about the future of abortion access after the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.