A woman holds up a sign at a pro-choice march at the Texas State Capitol in July, 2013. Of the 50 states that make up the United States, 43 prohibit abortion after a certain point in the pregnancy, including Alabama’s near-total ban and 4 that passed heartbeat bills in 2019.

First published in the May 16, 2019, 9:21 p.m. edition

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