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As abortion foes pray outside, Jackson Women's Health Organization owner Diane Derzis stands at the gate of Mississippi's only abortion clinic, in Jackson, Miss., on Monday. A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Sunday that blocked enforcement of a law that could effectively regulate it out of business. (Associated Press)

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"No, it's a penalty. It's a penalty that comes under the tax code for the 1 percent perhaps of the population who may decide that they are going to be free-riders." - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat (Associated Press)

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Members of Students For Life of America pray at the Supreme Court last week while waiting for a ruling on the health care reform law. The law was upheld last Thursday, and foes' attention now turns to the presidential election in November, which holds the key to the law's fate. (Raymond Thompson Jr./The Washington Times) ** FILE **

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In this photo combo, at left, in an Oct. 8, 2011 file photo, Penn State president Graham Spanier walks on the field before an NCAA college football game in State College, Pa. At right, former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in custody after being found guilty of multiple charges of child sexual abuse in Bellefonte, Pa., Friday, June 22, 2012. CNN says it has seen emails showing Spanier agreed not to take allegations of sex abuse against Sandusky to authorities but worried they'd be "vulnerable" for failing to report it. CNN says the emails followed a graduate assistant's 2001 report of seeing Sandusky sexually assaulting a boy in a shower. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

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An American Beech tree is down on Capitol Hill grounds in Washington on Saturday, June 30, 2012, across the U.S. Supreme Court after a powerful storm swept across the Washington region late Friday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Lightning crackles through the sky above Thornrose Cemetery on Friday, June 29, 2012, in Staunton, Va. (AP Photo/The News Leader, Pat Jarrett)

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Washington Mystics forward Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton, right, defends Connecticut Sun forward Asjha Jones during the second half of a WNBA game on Friday, June 29, 2012, in Washington. Jones scored 20 points in the 77-64 Sun victory over the Mystics. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Army investigators work the scene of a fatal shooting Thursday afternoon, June 28, 2012, Fort Bragg, N.C. Officials say one soldier was shot and killed and two others wounded at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer- Drew Brooks)