State legislatures divided over hot-button issues

With near-total bans on abortion already in place in more than a dozen states, abortion rights groups plan to focus on state legislatures where Republicans continue to push for restrictions. Some states will pass new laws or try new ways to block abortions.

Many anti-abortion advocates are now focusing on the growing availability of illegal abortion pills, fearing it has undercut their victory in the high court.

In Texas, where medical abortions are already banned, state Republican lawmakers are preparing to introduce legislation that would require internet providers to block abortion pill websites in the same way they can censor child pornography.

The largest anti-abortion organization in the state, Students for Life of America, has created a team assigned to investigate citizens who may be distributing abortion pills illegally.

It is making plans to systematically test the water in several cities, searching for contaminants they say result from medication abortion.