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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally at the Alliant Energy Center on Sept. 20 in Madison, Wis. Harris spoke to a capacity crowd of 10,500 during the event. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

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In Wisconsin, VP Harris says her campaign is focused on abortion rights

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Arizona abortion-rights supporters gather for a news conference prior to delivering more than 800,000 petition signatures to the state Capitol to get abortion rights on the November general election ballot, July 3, 2024, in Phoenix. Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption

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Iowans supporting access to abortion rally on Thursday, April 11, 2024, outside the courthouse in Des Moines, Iowa, where the Iowa Supreme Court heard arguments on the state's restrictive abortion law. The law that bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. Hannah Fingerhut/AP hide caption

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Iowa supreme court upholds ban on abortion at six weeks of pregnancy

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Demonstrators came to the Nebraska Capitol in Lincoln last year to protest plans to revive an abortion ban last year. They were prompted by the sentencing of an 18-year-old woman to 90 days in jail for burning and burying a fetus after she took medication given to her by her mother to end her pregnancy. Margery Beck/AP hide caption

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Nebraska activists seek to put opposing abortion questions on the ballot

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Demonstrators rally to mark the first anniversary of the US Supreme Court ruling in the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization case in Washington, DC on June 24, 2023. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Abortion access could continue to change in year 2 after the overturn of Roe v. Wade

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Volunteer pilots fly patients to get abortions and gender-affirming medical care from states with bans to nearby states where the services are available. Rose Conlon/Kansas News Service hide caption

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Volunteer pilots fly patients seeking abortions to states where it's legal

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