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St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson speaks at a news conference Monday, May 22, 2017, announcing a federal lawsuit to stop a St. Louis ordinance that prohibits discrimination based on "reproductive health decisions." The suit says the law enacted in February infringes on freedom of religion rights of those who oppose abortion. Behind Carlson are attorney Sarah Pitlyk, left, of the Thomas More Society, a non-profit law firm that filed the suit, and Peggy Forrest, executive director of Our Lady's Inn, which provides services for pregnant women who are homeless and is a plaintiff in the lawsuit. (AP Photo/Jim Salter) **FILE**
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FILE - In this March 7, 2017 file photo, Paul "Rip" Connell, CEO of Private Clinic North, a methadone clinic, shows a 35 mg liquid dose of methadone at the clinic in Rossville, Ga. May 9 remarks by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price about medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction have reignited a debate in the world of addiction and recovery. (AP Photo/Kevin D. Liles, File)
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Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, after the House pushed through a health care bill, in this Thursday, May 4, 2017, file photo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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Ethiopian protesters hold a poster of Ethiopian Tedros Adhanom, Candidate for the post of Director General of WHO, during a protest against his candidature on the Place des Nations, during the 70th World Health Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, May 22, 2017. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)
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Ethiopians protest against the candidature of Ethiopian Tedros Adhanom for the post of Director General of WHO, during a demonstration on the Place des Nations, during the 70th World Health Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, May 22, 2017. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)
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Bill Cosby, center, arrives for jury selection in his sexual assault case at the Allegheny County Courthouse, Monday, May 22, 2017, in Pittsburgh. The case is set for trial June 5 in suburban Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Bill Cosby arrives for jury selection in his sexual assault case at the Allegheny County Courthouse, Monday, May 22, 2017, in Pittsburgh. The case is set for trial June 5 in suburban Philadelphia. (Nate Smallwood/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP)
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Bill Cosby, center, arrives for jury selection in his sexual assault case at the Allegheny County Courthouse, Monday, May 22, 2017, in Pittsburgh. The case is set for trial June 5 in suburban Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Bill Cosby, center, arrives for jury selection in his sexual assault case at the Allegheny County Courthouse, Monday, May 22, 2017, in Pittsburgh, Pa. The case is set for trial June 5 in suburban Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Bill Cosby arrives for jury selection in his sexual assault case at the Allegheny County Courthouse, Monday, May 22, 2017, in Pittsburgh. The case is set for trial June 5 in suburban Philadelphia. (Nate Smallwood/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP)
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Bill Cosby arrives for jury selection in his sexual assault case at the Allegheny County Courthouse, Monday, May 22, 2017, in Pittsburgh. The case is set for trial June 5 in suburban Philadelphia. (Nate Smallwood/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP)
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Bill Cosby arrives for jury selection in his sexual assault case at the Allegheny County Courthouse, Monday, May 22, 2017, in Pittsburgh. The case is set for trial June 5 in suburban Philadelphia. (Nate Smallwood/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP)
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Bill Cosby arrives for jury selection in his sexual assault case at the Allegheny County Courthouse, Monday, May 22, 2017, in Pittsburgh. The case is set for trial June 5 in suburban Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Bill Cosby arrives for jury selection in his sexual assault case at the Allegheny County Courthouse, Monday, May 22, 2017, in Pittsburgh. The case is set for trial June 5 in suburban Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Bill Cosby, center, arrives for jury selection in his sexual assault case at the Allegheny County Courthouse, Monday, May 22, 2017, in Pittsburgh. The case is set for trial June 5 in suburban Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, center, talks to a Syrian refugee who is learning how to sew clothes in a program run by the Norwegian Refugee Council and partially funded by the U.S, during a visit to the Zaatari Refugee Camp, Jordan, Sunday, May 21, 2017. Haley said the Trump administration wants to step up help for the millions of people displaced. Yet Nikki Haley's message is at odds with President Donald Trump's "America First" agenda, his planned budget cuts and his hardline position on admitting refugees. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh, Pool)
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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, center left, and World Food Program director David Beasely, center inspects a food pallet to be air-dropped deep inside Syria, in Amman, Jordan, Sunday, May 21, 2017. Haley said the Trump administration wants to step up help for the millions of displaced Syrians. Yet Nikki Haley's message is at odds with President Donald Trump's "America First" agenda, his planned budget cuts and his hardline position on admitting refugees. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh, Pool)
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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, inspects a food pallet to be air-dropped deep inside Syria, in Amman, Jordan, Sunday, May 21, 2017. Haley said the Trump administration wants to step up help for the millions of displaced Syrians. Yet Nikki Haley's message is at odds with President Donald Trump's "America First" agenda, his planned budget cuts and his hardline position on admitting refugees. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh, Pool)
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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, second left, meets with Syrian refugee students, in Amman, Jordan, Sunday, May 21, 2017. Haley said the Trump administration wants to step up help for the millions of people displaced Syrians. Yet Nikki Haley's message is at odds with President Donald Trump's "America First" agenda, his planned budget cuts and his hardline position on admitting refugees. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh, Pool)
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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks to journalist during a visit to the Zaatari Refugee Camp, Jordan, Sunday, May 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh, Pool)
