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EXPLAINER: States scramble as US abortion landscape shifts

FILE - Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signs a bill imposing one of the nation's toughest abortion restrictions on April 11, 2019, in Columbus, Ohio. Almost three months after Roe v. Wade was overturned, the landscape of abortion access is still shifting significantly in some states. Changing restrictions and litigation in neighboring Indiana and Ohio this week illustrate the whiplash for providers and patients navigating sudden changes in what is allowed where. (Fred Squillante/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)

FILE - Abortion protesters attempt to hand out literature as they stand in the driveway of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Indianapolis, on Aug. 16, 2019. Almost three months after Roe v. Wade was overturned, the landscape of abortion access is still shifting significantly in some states. Changing restrictions and litigation in neighboring Indiana and Ohio this week illustrate the whiplash for providers and patients navigating sudden changes in what is allowed where. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

EXPLAINER: States scramble as US abortion landscape shifts