Dr. Shelly Tien, 40, performs an abortion while a nurse assists with ultrasound during the procedure at Planned Parenthood in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S., March 14, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Dr. Shelly Tien, 40, performs an ultrasound on MC, 24, who is in her second trimester, at Planned Parenthood in Jacksonville, Florida, March 15, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein. SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

OC, the older sister of MC, 24, strokes her sister's head at Planned Parenthood in Jacksonville, Florida, March 15, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Dr. Shelly Tien, 40, performs an abortion at Planned Parenthood in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S., March 14, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Dr. Shelly Tien, 40, sleeps on her flight from Birmingham, Alabama to Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., March 14, 2022. Dr. Tien is one of about 50 doctors in the United States who travels across state lines to provide abortions in states with limited abortion access. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

OC, the older sister of pregnant MC, 24, hugs Dr. Shelly Tien, 40, in gratitude, following her sister's appointment at Planned Parenthood in Jacksonville, Florida, March 15, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Dr. Shelly Tien, 40, gives a patient medication to start a medical abortion at Planned Parenthood in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S., March 14, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Handwritten notes of encouragement are pinned to the wall of a waiting room at the Trust Women clinic in Oklahoma City, U.S., December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Anti-abortion protestor, Job, 23, kneels in prayer while Jesse reads from the Bible outside the Trust Women clinic in Oklahoma City, U.S., December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Security guard, Louis, works at the entrance of the Trust Women clinic in Oklahoma City, U.S., December 6, 2021. At the Oklahoma City clinic, Louis, the full-time security guard, checks the bags of everyone who enters the building. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Two women from Texas talk to each other about their travel to Oklahoma as they wait in the recovery room following their abortions at the Trust Women clinic in Oklahoma City, U.S., December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Dr. Shelly Tien, 40, drives her rental car to a hotel in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S., March 13, 2022. Dr. Tien will spend the following day performing abortions at Planned Parenthood before flying back to Florida where she is based. Dr. Tien is one of about 50 doctors in the United States who travels across state lines to provide abortions in states with limited abortion access. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Taniya, an ultrasound sonographer, guides resident Dr. Ericka during an ultrasound on a patient from Austin, Texas, before her surgical abortion at the Trust Women clinic in Oklahoma City, U.S., December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Medical instruments are sterilised following a surgical abortion at the Trust Women clinic in Oklahoma City, U.S., December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A patient lies on her back as Dr. Shelly Tien, 40, (not pictured) performs an abortion at the Trust Women clinic in Oklahoma City, U.S., December 6, 2021. Dr. Tien flies to the clinic once a month in addition to the two other states where she practices. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Patient care coordinator, Amenthia, adds a patient to the surgical schedule at the Trust Women clinic in Oklahoma City, U.S., December 6, 2021. The clinic has seen an influx of patients following Texas' near total ban on abortion. Oklahoma could soon also enact a law that bans the procedure except in cases of medical emergency, rape or incest. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Planned Parenthood clinic manager, Jessica, prepares her staff for the enactment of a 24 hour waiting period for abortions in Florida during the daily staff meeting in Jacksonville, Florida, March 16, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Dr. Shelly Tien, 40, speaks to MC, 24, who is in her second trimester at Planned Parenthood in Jacksonville, Florida, March 15, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Pregnant MC, 24, holds the silver bracelet she wears with the phrase "Keep Fucking Going" engraved in it, at Planned Parenthood in Jacksonville, Florida, March 15, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A patient care coordinator prepares bags containing the medication used for a medical abortion and follow-up instructions for patients who will be having abortions that day at the Trust Women clinic in Oklahoma City, U.S., December 6, 2021. Of the 20 abortions performed that day, 17 of the patients came from Texas. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Surgical tech Carissa labels plastic containers holding the "product of conception" which according to Oklahoma law must be stored for thirty days, at the Trust Women clinic in Oklahoma City, U.S., December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Surgical tech Carissa and recovery room staff member Elise, walk a patient from Texas to the recovery room following her abortion at the Trust Women clinic in Oklahoma City, U.S., December 6, 2021. Of the 20 abortions performed that day, 17 of the women traveled from Texas to Oklahoma. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Patient care coordinator, Amenthia, rubs her eyes as she takes a moment during a hectic day at the Trust Women clinic in Oklahoma City, U.S., December 6, 2021. The clinic has seen an influx of patients following Texas' near total ban on abortion. Oklahoma could soon also enact a law that bans the procedure except in cases of medical emergency, rape or incest. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Patricia, an anti-abortion protestor, stands outside Planned Parenthood in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S., March 16, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Dr. Shelly Tien, 40, arrives at Planned Parenthood in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S., March 14, 2022. Dr.Tien, who flew into Birmingham late the night before from Jacksonville, Florida to perform abortions in Alabama, will fly back home to Florida where she is a full-time abortion doctor and one of about 50 doctors in the United States who travels across state lines to provide abortions in states with limited abortion access. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Dr. Shelly Tien, 40, performs an abortion at the Trust Women clinic in Oklahoma City, U.S., December 6, 2021. Dr. Tien flies to the clinic once a month in addition to the two other states where she practices. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Dr. Shelly Tien, 40, sits at her desk after finishing the last abortion of the day at the Trust Women clinic in Oklahoma City, U.S., December 6, 2021. Dr. Tien flies to the clinic to perform abortions once a month in addition to the two other states where she practices. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A billboard advertising adoption services targets pregnant women at a bus stop in Oklahoma City, U.S., December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

The shape of a cross is illuminated on a high rise building in downtown Oklahoma City, U.S., December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Taniya, a patient care coordinator and ultrasound sonographer, goes over the procedure for having a medical abortion with a patient identified as B., 27, prior to her abortion at the Trust Women clinic in Oklahoma City, U.S., December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Dr. Shelly Tien, 40, changes into scrubs and puts her clothes in her backpack in her office at Planned Parenthood in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S., March 14, 2022. Dr.Tien, who flew into Birmingham late the night before from Jacksonville, Florida to perform abortions in Alabama, will fly back home at the end of the day to Florida where she is a full-time abortion doctor and and one of about 50 doctors in the United States who travels across state lines to provide abortions in states with limited abortion access. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Dr. Shelly Tien, 40, talks to her boyfriend on FaceTime in her hotel room in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S., March 13, 2022. Dr. Tien will spend the following day performing abortions at Planned Parenthood before flying back to Florida where she is based. Dr. Tien is one of about 50 doctors in the United States who travels across state lines to provide abortions in states with limited abortion access. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

The view from the airplane is seen en route from Atlanta, Georgia to Jacksonville, Florida, U.S., March 14, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein SEARCH "HOCKSTEIN USA ABORTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.