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A March 10, 2017, tweet by the ACLU celebrating abortion provider. (Screen capture/Twitter)
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FILE – This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows death row inmate Raymond Tibbetts, scheduled for execution on July 26, 2017, for fatally stabbing Fred Hicks in 1997 in Cincinnati. Ohio Parole Board members denied mercy for Tibbetts, voting 11-1 against clemency in a decision released Friday, March 10, 2017. Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich has final say. Tibbetts is also sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for the beating death of his wife Judith Crawford. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2017, file photo, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks at a news conference at FareStart in Seattle. Women seeking abortions and some basic health services, including prenatal care, contraception and cancer screenings, would face restrictions and struggle to pay for some of that medical care under the House Republicans' proposed bill. Murray, the top Democrat on the Health, Labor, Education and Pensions Committee, says the legislation is a "slap in the face" to women. She said it would shift more decisions to insurance companies. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
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Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, speaks to the Senate at the Utah State Capitol Thursday, March 9, 2017, in Salt Lake City. Two proposals by Weiler, that seek to tighten oversight of pornography have easily made it through the Legislature. One proposal would allow pornography distributors to be sued if a minor exposed to the material says they were hurt by it, while the other would require public libraries to install blockers on their wireless networks to prevent people from viewing obscene content in libraries. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Sen. Curtis Bramble, R-Provo, speaks to the Senate at the Utah state Capitol on Thursday, March 9, 2017, in Salt Lake City. The Senate on Thursday approved a bill requiring doctors to inform women that a medication-induced abortion could be halted after taking just one of two pills, though a doctor's group says there is no conclusive data to back up that claim. Another bill that initially looked to ban doctors using telemedicine to remotely prescribe abortion-inducing drugs has made it through the Legislature after its sponsor removed that ban from the bill. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Bruce LeVell, shown in this file photo, spearheaded minority outreach for Donald Trump's campaign in 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Illustration on Planned Parenthood's business of abortion by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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FILE - This Aug. 17, 2016, file photo shows former Republican Illinois state Comptroller Leslie Munger in Springfield, Ill. Munger, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner's new deputy governor, a political ally, is scheduled to be paid in part from an employee health care account that is more than $4 billion in arrears by the state's budget crisis, documents obtained by The Associated Press show. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
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CORRECTS LAST NAME TO GRANTHAM-Democratic Rep. Diane Mitsch Busch, left with Democratic House Speaker Crisanta Duran, second from left, and Republican Senate President Kevin Grantham second from right, and Republican Sen. Randy Baumgartner, right, discuss a bipartisan transportation funding bill at the state Capitol in Denver on Thursday, March 9, 2017. Their bill would ask voters to approve a state sales tax hike and $3.5 million in bonds to fund roads and other transit needs over the next 20 years. (AP Photo/Jim Anderson)
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In this Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016 photo, a microbiologist demonstrates using a loop to work with bacteria at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. A March 2017 proposal to replace the Obama health care law would cut out a pillar of funding for the CDC, the nation's lead public health agency, and experts say that would likely curtail programs across the country to prevent problems like lead poisoning and hospital infections. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)
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Democratic Rep. Diane Mitsch Busch, left with Democratic House Speaker Crisanta Duran, second from left, and Republican Senate President Kevin Granthamm second from right, and Republican Sen. Randy Baumgartner, right, discuss a bipartisan transportation funding bill at the state Capitol in Denver on Thursday, March 9, 2017. Their bill would ask voters to approve a state sales tax hike and $3.5 million in bonds to fund roads and other transit needs over the next 20 years. (AP Photo/Jim Anderson)
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Republican state Rep. Brandt Smith speaks to reporters on Thursday, March 9, 2017, in Little Rock, Ark., after an Arkansas House panel rejected his proposal to allow private health care workers and hospitals to not treat someone based on religious objections. The bill faced opposition from the state's Republican governor, its top doctor and LGBT rights supporters. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo)
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Muhammad Ali Jr., son of the late boxing legend Muhammad Ali, arrives for a forum on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 9, 2017, on the consequences of President Donald Trump's immigration policies, sponsored by House House Judiciary Committee members Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., a leading advocate in the House for comprehensive immigration reform. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks to reporters about Republican efforts to craft an "Obamacare" replacement bill, Thursday, March 9, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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This March 3, 2017 photo provided by Greenville, S.C., police shows Michael Ruiz in Greenville after his arrest on human trafficking charges, including posing as an ICE agent and swindling immigrants out of more than $70,000. Ruiz is among the con artists across the country are taking advantage of a climate of fear among immigrants by posing as federal agents and ordering them pay up or else be detained and deported, authorities and outreach groups say. (Greenville, SC Police Dept. via AP)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks to reporters about Republican efforts to craft an "Obamacare" replacement bill, Thursday, March 9, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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In this file photo, people hold anti-deportation signs during a rally, Thursday, March 9, 2017, in New York. The rally was held in support of Ravi Ragbir, leader of the New Sanctuary Coalition, and an immigrant from Trinidad, who may face deportation. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Graphic for research firm Peakon's March 2017 survey on Americans' comfort with discussing politics at work.(Peakon)
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In this Feb. 13, 2017 photo, U.S. veteran Hector Barajas, who was deported, adjusts his beret in his office at the Deported Veterans Support House, nicknamed "the bunker," in Tijuana, Mexico. Barajas works putting U.S. veterans in touch with lawyers who help them receive pensions when possible, psychologists to help them overcome trauma and addiction, and job counseling programs. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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In this Feb. 13, 2017 photo, U.S. Marine veteran Antonio Romo looks at a replica of a pistol and other military items from his time in the service, mounted on his apartment wall in Tijuana, Mexico. Romo, who says he turned to alcohol and narcotics to try to quiet his nightmares and made multiple suicide attempts, fell into dealing and was arrested for selling cocaine. After getting out of prison in 2008, Romo was deported to Mexico, from where he had migrated without permission at age 12. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
