La. Senate passes abortion provider certification bill

In this clip, 13 WJZ's Alex DeMetrick covers a new Maryland law (SB 848) that aims to help residents access contraception.

This Fusion clip spotlights medical professionals' experiences providing abortion care to women in the face of harassment and threats of violence from abortion-rights opponents.

KJRH's Brian Sanders discusses an Oklahoma bill (SB 1552) that "would prohibit any doctor who performs an abortion from obtaining or renewing [his or her] medical license, essentially eliminating legal abortions in the state."

NJTV News' Briana Vannozzi reports on New Jersey legislation (S 1073, S 2060) that would allow pharmacists to dispense oral contraception to a woman without a doctor's prescription.

In this clip, Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health draws on the Global Turnaway Study to profile women's challenges accessing abortion care in six countries: Bangladesh, Columbia, Nepal, South Africa, Tunisia and the United States.

WCCO's Pat Kessler reports on Planned Parenthood's recent response to a slate of antiabortion-rights legislation in Minnesota, which Planned Parenthood is calling "the most aggressive attack against [the] organization in years."

WILX News 10's Faith Miller reports on new legislation (SB 897, SB 898) in Michigan aimed at ending the so-called "tampon tax."

Broadly shares a behind-the-scenes clip from "Across the Line," a virtual reality documentary that uses video and audio recordings from antiabortion-rights protests at U.S. clinics to show viewers what many women experience when trying to access abortion care.

In this clip, RTV6's Katie Heinz discusses a new social medial campaign launched in reaction to a harmful Indiana law (HB 1337) that bans abortion care based on the sex of the fetus or a fetal disability diagnosis, among other restrictions.

In this clip, Fox 17 News' Michele DeSelms covers legislation (HB 4787, HB 4830) passed last week in the Michigan House that would penalize individuals who coerce a woman into receiving an abortion.

In this infographic, the Guttmacher Institute highlights research showing how an increasing proportion of women who obtain abortion care in the United States are lower-income.

In this map, CDC documents the laboratory-confirmed cases of the Zika virus reported in the United States and U.S. territories.

In this map, the New York Times highlights the regions in the United States where mosquitos carrying the Zika virus -- which has been linked to a fetal brain defect -- are most likely to spread during the upcoming spring and summer seasons.

This map, from the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR), spotlights abortion laws around the world.

This map, from Bloomberg Business, highlights the rapid decline in abortion access in the United States since 2011.

These maps, compiled using data from the New York Times and the Guttmacher Institute, underscore findings from a recent Times investigation, including that there were more than 700,000 searches for how to self-induce an abortion in 2015.

This chart, compiled by NPR, shows how the majority of countries affected by the Zika virus, which might be linked to a severe birth defect, curb access to contraception and abortion care.

In this map, Center for American Progress' "ThinkProgress" spotlights the 12 states that have cleared Planned Parenthood of any wrongdoing after launching investigations into the organization.

In its latest report card, the Population Institute provides a snapshot of the condition of reproductive rights and health in each state in 2015.

The Guttmacher Institute in this graph shows the rapid increase in the number of state abortion restrictions over the past few years.

— Marcela Howell of In Our Own Voice: National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda, discussing ongoing disparities in women's access to abortion care on the 43rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

— Abortion provider Warren Hern, in a STAT News opinion piece on why he continues to offer abortion care despite receiving harassment and death threats throughout his 42-year career.

— Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, on a ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that upheld major portions of a Texas antiabortion-rights law.