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Die. abortion care is part of pregnancy care. >> reporter: the leaked supreme court draft opinion suggests abtion rights will be left to individual states. this is what the country would look like according to analysis of a group supporting abortion rights. 16 states in the district of columbia have laws protecting abortion rights but 26 states are ready or will likely move to outlaw abortion access. 13 have so-called trigger laws designed to immediately ban abortions if roe v. wade is overinter...

So, i think, my hope is that some of that panic goes away. >> reporter: in the states with trigger laws, abortion access will also look very different. five states have different versions of laws that would allow abortions in cases of rape, incest, or if the life of the mother is in danger. eight states will only allow abortions if cases where the life of the mother is in danger. but all of this will likely have one clear effect, for states where abortion will remain legal. >> were going to have...

So-called trigger laws designed to immediately ban abortions if roe v. wade is overturned. >> were going to have this patchwork of different states, different laws, different standards. are you comfortable with that? >> i would love for there to be all states where abortion didnt exist in our country. i realize thats not where were headed. >> reporter: teresa sadler is the director of an east texas clinic offering con selling and medical services to pregnant women, offering alternatives to abort...

An Insider investigation finds corporate donors far outstripped "pro-life" groups in bankrolling the lawmakers behind abortion bans in 13 states.

Community, the supreme court is coming to us next. this is a call for arms. so now lori lightfoot likes guns and wants to use them so that chicago can stay an abortion oasis. >> if you look at chicago, we have a number of spaces that have trigger laws that would ban abortions upon the reverse of roe, so we see a substantial increase already and are expecting, frankly, an explosion of new cases from women in wisconsin, missouri, potentially michigan, indiana. i think that the list is long and chi...

Community, the supreme court is coming to us next. this is a call for arms. so now lori lightfoot likes guns and wants to use them so that chicago can stay an abortion oasis. >> if you look at chicago, we have a number of spaces that have trigger laws that would ban abortions upon the reverse of roe, so we see a substantial increase already and are expecting, frankly, an explosion of new cases from women in wisconsin, missouri, potentially michigan, indiana. i think that the list is long and chi...

Half million dollar fund to help women seek ago borgss. lets talk with the mayor of chicago. thank you for joining us. really appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >> i want to put up this map, okay? and you can see it. if roe is overturned, look at the state of illinois. youre going to be an island in an ocean of state with laws already banning abortion or with trigger laws that ban abortion if roe is overturned. tell me about your plan and this fund to help women from any state get an abortion. >> we...

If Roe is overturned, abortion bans will take effect in 13 "trigger states." These men — from state legislators to presidents — made it happen.

>> a total ban. >> not be exceptions. >> the answer is no. >> in a recent pew poll, just 8% say it should be illegal with no exceptions and 37% say it should be illegal including those who wants exception, and 61% say it should be legal in all or most cases. still, the majority of most americans support roe, senate democrats do not have the votes to codify it in the legislation. they expect to take it up and fail to pass it later this week. >> not going away. youll hear a lot from us through the...

Arequest a. multiple states have passed severe restrictions on abortion access in advance of the supreme courts expected decision to overturn roe v. wade. joining us is laura jarrett. >> chances are in the last week youve heard about the dozen roughly states. these states have so-called trigger laws. in the meantime, a number of states have also advanced other laws to further cut back access to abortion. just last week tennessee governor bill lee signed a bill making it a felony for a manufact...