Reproductive rights

Kyleigh Thurman, one of the patients who is filing a federal complaint against an emergency room for not treating her ectopic pregnancy, talks about her experience at her studio, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Burnet County, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

FILE - Lab staff use a microscope stand and articulated hand controls to extract cells from 1-7 day old embryos, shown on the monitor at right, that are then checked for viability at the Aspire Houston Fertility Institute in vitro fertilization lab Feb. 27, 2024, in Houston. According to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, relatively few Americans fully endorse the idea that a fertilized egg should have the same rights as a pregnant woman. But a significant share – 46% -- say it describes their views at least somewhat well. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, File)

At left, protesting against Texas Senate Bill 8, which would ban most abortions in the state, Cindy Gomez of Austin wears a “handmaid” costume during the Women’s March ATX rally at the state capitol in Austin, Oct. 2, 2021. At right, David Trujillo holds a sign outside an abortion provider in Dallas, Oct. 7, 2021. ( AP Photos / Stephen Spillman (left); LM Otero )

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 at Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport, La., Oct. 9, 2021. The woman was one of more than a dozen patients who arrived at the abortion clinic, most from neighboringTexas, where the nation’s most restrictive abortion law remains in effect. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)