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FILE - In this April 4, 2017 file photo demonstrators face policemen as they protest against the amendment of the higher education law seen by many as an action aiming at the closure of the Central European University, founded by Hungarian born American billionaire businessman George Soros, in front of the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary’s government says Thursday, May 25, 2017 it sees no reason to alter its recently amended education law which could force a university founded by billionaire George Soros to leave the country. (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP, file)
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FILE - In a March 8, 2017 file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks at a news conference in Madison, Wis. Walker wants to make Wisconsin the first state in the country to require childless adults applying for Medicaid to undergo drug screening. Walker's plan to be voted on Thursday, May 25, 2017, by the Legislature's budget committee also requires federal approval from President Donald Trump's administration. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)
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This undated photo released by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Tommy Arthur, who was convicted in the 1982 murder of Troy Wicker. Arthur, nicknamed the Houdini of death row after having seventh executions postponed is facing an eighth date with the death chamber on Thursday, May 25, 2017, and a diminishing chance of winning another reprieve. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP)
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers his speech during the Demographic Forum of the Budapest Family Summit conference in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday May 25, 2017. Hungary’s prime minister says the government will reduce mortgages for families with three or more children and build or renovate many nurseries to help boost the country’s birth rate. Prime Minister Viktor Orban has also announced the cut or elimination of student loans owed by women with two or more children and says the government would like to increase the number of children born per woman from 1.5 now to 2.1 by 2030. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers his speech during the Demographic Forum of the Budapest Family Summit conference in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday May 25, 2017. Hungary’s prime minister says the government will reduce mortgages for families with three or more children and build or renovate many nurseries to help boost the country’s birth rate. Prime Minister Viktor Orban has also announced the cut or elimination of student loans owed by women with two or more children and says the government would like to increase the number of children born per woman from 1.5 now to 2.1 by 2030. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)
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Budget Director Mick Mulvaney listens to a question while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, before the House Budget Committee hearing on President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 federal budget. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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In this May 18, 2017, photo, Nathan Singletary, 67, a social worker for 40 years, fills out paperwork at the AARP Foundation in Harrisburg, Pa. Singletary is beyond the traditional retirement age, but he’s only just beginning a new career - helping other low-income, unemployed Americans over age 55 find jobs. Singletary got his job through the half-century-old Senior Community Service Employee Program, a training and placement program underwritten by taxpayers aimed at putting older Americans back into the workforce. (AP Photo/Laurie Kellman)
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In this May 18, 2017, photo, Nathan Singletary, 67, a social worker for 40 years, listens as Employment Specialist Luz Rivera, 68, interviews program participant Luis Quinones, 66, center, at the AARP Foundation in Harrisburg, Pa. Singletary is beyond the traditional retirement age, but he’s only just beginning a new career - helping other low-income, unemployed Americans over age 55 find jobs. Singletary got his job through the half-century-old Senior Community Service Employee Program, a training and placement program underwritten by taxpayers aimed at putting older Americans back into the workforce. (AP Photo/Laurie Kellman)
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In this May 18, 2017, photo, Nathan Singletary, 67, a social worker for 40 years, listens as Employment Specialist Luz Rivera, 68, interviews program participant Luis Quinones, 66, front right, at the AARP Foundation in Harrisburg, Pa. Singletary is beyond the traditional retirement age, but he’s only just beginning a new career - helping other low-income, unemployed Americans over age 55 find jobs. Singletary got his job through the half-century-old Senior Community Service Employee Program, a training and placement program underwritten by taxpayers aimed at putting older Americans back into the workforce. (AP Photo/Laurie Kellman)
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Bill Cosby speaks to the media as he and his attorney leave Allegheny County Courthouse after the third day of jury selection in his sexual assault trial in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, May 24, 2017. (Nate Smallwood/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP, Pool)
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Bill Cosby and his attorney leave Allegheny County Courthouse after the third day of jury selection in his sexual assault trial in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, May 24, 2017. (Nate Smallwood/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP, Pool)
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Bill Cosby speaks to the media as he and his attorney leave Allegheny County Courthouse after the third day of jury selection in his sexual assault trial in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, May 24, 2017. (Nate Smallwood/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP, Pool)
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Bill Cosby, right, and his publicist Andrew Wyatt leave the Allegheny County Courthouse after the third day of jury selection in Pittsburgh for his sexual assault case, Wednesday, May 24, 2017. The case is set for trial June 5. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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Bill Cosby, second right, leaves with his publicist Andrew Wyatt at the Allegheny County Courthouse after the third day of jury selection in Pittsburgh for his sexual assault case, Wednesday, May 24, 2017. The case is set for trial June 5. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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Bill Cosby talks to the media gathered at the Allegheny County Courthouse as he leaves after the third day of jury selection for his sexual assault case, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in Pittsburgh. The case is set for trial June 5. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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Bill Cosby, center, talks to the media gathered at the Allegheny County Courthouse as he leaves after the third day of jury selection for his sexual assault case, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in Pittsburgh. The case is set for trial June 5. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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Bill Cosby talks to the media gathered at the Allegheny County Courthouse as he leaves after the third day of jury selection in Pittsburgh for his sexual assault case, Wednesday, May 24, 2017. The case is set for trial June 5 in suburban Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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Bill Cosby and his attorney leave Allegheny County Courthouse after the third day of jury selection in his sexual assault trial in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, May 24, 2017. (Nate Smallwood/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP, Pool)
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Bill Cosby speaks to the media as he and his attorney leave Allegheny County Courthouse after the third day of jury selection in his sexual assault trial in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, May 24, 2017. (Nate Smallwood/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP, Pool)
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In this Dec. 22, 2016 photo, photographs of Hindu deities are placed on a poster of a doctor holding a baby inside the National Fertility and Test Tube Baby Centre in Hisar, India. The packed waiting room at Bishnoi’s clinic bears witness to the fact that working-class families across the country are willing to spend their limited savings for a child of their own. The cost of IVF treatment in India is relatively low, even though many families have to pay on their own. At Bishnoi's clinic, one cycle of IVF costs about 110,000 rupees ($1,700), compared to about $12,000 in the U.S. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
