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Shrinking access to abortion in Republican-controlled states has already hit people of color hardest. They will bear the brunt of the end of Roe v. Wade, experts and advocates say.

Abortion rights advocates are concerned that a conservative-leaning Supreme Court might reverse or substantially erode Roe v. Wade. Under that scenario, states could have free reign to restrict the procedure.

Abortion opponents in several states are making an aggressive new thrust at the procedure by focusing on the "supply-side" of abortions: the doctors, hospitals and clinics that provide the services. And the strategy may prove effective.

Barring court intervention, abortion trigger bans will take effect in Tennessee, Idaho and Texas, increasing penalties where abortion is already effectively banned.

The annual Abortion Onscreen report says more TV shows had abortion plotlines than previous years and that writers are doing slightly better job reflecting reality.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Mary Ziegler, law professor at Florida State University, about a new federal rule that protects religious health care workers from performing abortion-related services.

"I'm an abortion doula, I fund people's abortions, I make sure they can get to their appointments, period," said Ash Williams of North Carolina. "I can do that. I just need to keep doing that."

Abortion providers are suing the state to stop a new law that requires burial or cremation from aborted fetal remains.

In post-Roe America, money is even more determinative of who can get an abortion and who can't. Abortion funds are trying to close the gap, but they are now forced to navigate a murky legal landscape.

The law bans abortions as early as six weeks after conception and allows Texans to sue anyone who aids, abets or performs an abortion past that mark.