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FOR STORY : GREECE TEAM CALLED HOPE: Greece Team Called Hope In this Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, players of Hope Refugee Football Club play with the ball during a training in Athens. Former Greek national soccer team goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis, who became a national hero in 2004 during the European Cup, is heading a project to help refugees stranded in Greece regain a sense of purpose, working as a team. The team is called "Hope" and is made up of players who fled warzones like Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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FOR STORY: GREECE TEAM CALLED HOPE - In this Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, Mohammad Omar from Syria plays with his teammates at the refugee camp in the western Athens' suburb of Skaramagas. Former Greek national soccer team goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis, who became a national hero in 2004 during the European Cup, is heading a project to help refugees stranded in Greece regain a sense of purpose, working as a team. Most players of Hope Refugee Football Club live in a large trailer park at Skaramagas, an industrial zone west of Athens, where freight containers are turned into shoebox-shaped homes. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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FOR STORY : GREECE TEAM CALLED HOPE : In this Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, Antreas Sampanis, left, coach of Hope Refugee Football Club speaks to his players during a training in Athens. Former Greek national soccer team goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis, who became a national hero in 2004 during the European Cup, is heading a project to help refugees stranded in Greece regain a sense of purpose, working as a team. The team is called "Hope" and is made up of players who fled warzones like Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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FOR STORY: GREECE TEAM CALLED HOPE - In this Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, Mohammad Omar from Syria waits before a soccer match for his teammates at the refugee camp in the western Athens' suburb of Skaramagas. Most players of Hope Refugee Football Club live in a large trailer park at Skaramagas, an industrial zone west of Athens, where freight containers are turned into shoebox-shaped homes. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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FOR STORY: GREECE TEAM CALLED HOPE - In this Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, players of Hope Refugee Football Club pray before a soccer match in western Athens. Former Greek national soccer team goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis, who became a national hero in 2004 during the European Cup, is heading a project to help refugees stranded in Greece regain a sense of purpose, working as a team. On weekends they play in an amateur league against teams made up of professional groups like lawyers, telecom workers, and accountants. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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FOR STORY: GREECE TEAM CALLED HOPE - In this Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, a boy plays with a plastic crate as members of the Hope leave the refugee camp in the western Athens' suburb of Skaramagas. Former Greek national soccer team goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis, who became a national hero in 2004 during the European Cup, is heading a project to help refugees stranded in Greece regain a sense of purpose, working as a team. Most players of Hope Refugee Football Club live in a large trailer park at Skaramagas, an industrial zone west of Athens, where freight containers are turned into shoebox-shaped homes. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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FOR STORY: GREECE TEAM CALLED HOPE - In this Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, a player of Hope Refugee Football Club controls the ball before a soccer match in western Athens. Former Greek national soccer team goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis, who became a national hero in 2004 during the European Cup, is heading a project to help refugees stranded in Greece regain a sense of purpose, working as a team. On Sundays they play in an amateur league against teams made up of professional groups like lawyers, telecom workers, and accountants. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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FOR STORY: GREECE TEAM CALLED HOPE - In this Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, Hope Refugee Football Club, left, and 3D Team of Hellenic American University Football Club posing for photo before a soccer match in western Athens. Former Greek national soccer team goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis, who became a national hero in 2004 during the European Cup, is heading a project to help refugees stranded in Greece regain a sense of purpose, working as a team. On Sundays they play in an amateur league against teams made up of professional groups like lawyers, telecom workers, and accountants. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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FOR STORY: GREECE TEAM CALLED HOPE - In this Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, Ahmad Fahim Ahmadi from Afghanistan of Hope Refugee Football Club, center, and a player of 3D Team of Hellenic American University Football Club fight for the ball during a soccer match in western Athens. Former Greek national soccer team goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis, who became a national hero in 2004 during the European Cup, is heading a project to help refugees stranded in Greece regain a sense of purpose, working as a team. On weekends they play in an amateur league against teams made up of professional groups like lawyers, telecom workers, and accountants.(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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FOR STORY: GREECE TEAM CALLED HOPE - In this Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, Syrian Hozaifa Hajdepo of Hope Refugee Football Club kicks a corner during a soccer match in western Athens. Former Greek national soccer team goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis, who became a national hero in 2004 during the European Cup, is heading a project to help refugees stranded in Greece regain a sense of purpose, working as a team. On weekends they play in an amateur league against teams made up of professional groups like lawyers, telecom workers, and accountants.(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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FOR STORY: GREECE TEAM CALLED HOPE - In this photo dated Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, players of Hope Refugee Football Club celebrate a goal during a soccer match in western Athens. Former Greek national soccer team goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis, who became a national hero in 2004 during the European Cup, is heading a project to help refugees stranded in Greece regain a sense of purpose, working as a team. On weekends they play in an amateur league against teams made up of professional groups like lawyers, telecom workers, and accountants. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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FOR STORY: GREECE TEAM CALLED HOPE - In this Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, coach of Hope Refugee Football Club Antreas Sampanis, right, gives directions to his players before a soccer match in western Athens. On weekends they play in an amateur league against teams made up of professional groups like lawyers, telecom workers, and accountants. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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Oklahoma state Rep. Justin Humphrey, who introduced the pro-life bill, said "this is not just about abortion; this is about making men responsible for their part in the birthing process and in the entire process. (Associated Press)
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Illustration on the Left's protests against Trump by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Protestors gather at Brooklyn Borough Hall to pray before a rally in protest President Donald Trump's immigration order Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2015 file photo, advocates for victims of domestic abuse protest outside of state offices in downtown Chicago. The Illinois Department of Human Services waited five months to inform dozens of domestic violence shelters there was no money for them in a temporary budget lawmakers approved last summer. Officials providing services to victims of domestic violence tell The Associated Press they were unaware that about $9 million in state funding was left out of the stopgap plan that expired in December. (AP Photo/Sophia Tareen)
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FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2015 file photo, advocates for victims of domestic abuse protest outside of state offices in downtown Chicago. The Illinois Department of Human Services waited five months to inform dozens of domestic violence shelters there was no money for them in a temporary budget lawmakers approved last summer. Officials providing services to victims of domestic violence tell The Associated Press they were unaware that about $9 million in state funding was left out of the stopgap plan that expired in December. (AP Photo/Sophia Tareen, File)
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Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch meets with Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Oklahoma State Rep. Justin Humphrey prepares to speak before a Public Health Committee at the State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. Humphrey submitted House Bill 1441 requiring permission from the father before a woman gets an abortion. (Steve Gooch/The Oklahoman via AP)/The Oklahoman via AP)
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Oklahoma State Rep. Justin Humphrey talks to reporters following a Public Health Committee at the State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. Humphrey submitted House Bill 1441 requiring permission from the father before a woman gets an abortion. (Steve Gooch//The Oklahoman via AP)
