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Abortion clinic owner Maria Couevas listens to Senate committee testimony about a bill that would add new regulations for the clinics on Wednesday, May 7, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Deanna Candler, an LSU law student and member of Law Students for Life of America, talks to other audience members in the Senate Health and Welfare Committee on Wednesday, May 7, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. Candler spoke on behalf of a bill that would add new regulations for abortion clinics. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Dorinda Bordlee, an anti-abortion attorney, left, and Stephen Russo, executive counsel for the Department of Health and Hospitals, center, speak with DHH Secretary Kathy Kliebert on Wednesday, May 7, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. Kliebert testified on behalf of a bill that would add new regulations for abortion clinics. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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FILE - This Aug. 24, 2010 file photo provided by the Henderson, Nev., Police Department shows Dr. Thomas Hess. Jury selection is entering a third day in Las Vegas Wednesday, May 7, 2014, in a civil wrongful death and medical malpractice lawsuit against Hess, a Nevada physician who found the body of women’s professional golfer Erica Blasberg after she committed suicide in May 2010. Hess pleaded guilty in late 2010 to a misdemeanor obstruction charge for removing a suicide note and prescription medications from Blasberg's home in Henderson before police arrived to investigate her death. Blasberg’s father, Mel Blasberg, accuses the 46-year-old Hess of having an inappropriate personal relationship with the 25-year-old golf professional, and of failing to provide proper medical care before she died. (AP Photo/Henderson Police Department, File)
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FILE - This May 19, 2010 file photo shows a portrait of LPGA golfer Erica Blasberg displayed at her memorial service at Eagle Glen Golf Club in Corona, Calif. Jury selection is entering a third day in Las Vegas Wednesday, May 7, 2014, in a civil wrongful death and medical malpractice lawsuit against a Nevada physician who found the body of women’s professional golfer Blasberg after she committed suicide in May 2010. Dr. Thomas Hess pleaded guilty in late 2010 to a misdemeanor obstruction charge for removing a suicide note and prescription medications from Blasberg's home in Henderson before police arrived to investigate her death. Blasberg’s father, Mel Blasberg, accuses the 46-year-old Hess of having an inappropriate personal relationship with the 25-year-old golfer, and of failing to provide proper medical care before she died. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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FILE- In this Feb. 15, 2008, file photo, Erica Blasberg walks to the ninth green during the second round of the LPGA SBS Open golf tournament at Turtle Bay Resort in Kahuku, Hawaii. Jury selection is entering a third day in Las Vegas Wednesday, May 7, 2014, in a civil wrongful death and medical malpractice lawsuit against a Nevada physician who found the body of women’s professional golfer Blasberg after she committed suicide in May 2010. Dr. Thomas Hess pleaded guilty in late 2010 to a misdemeanor obstruction charge for removing a suicide note and prescription medications from Blasberg's home in Henderson before police arrived to investigate her death. Blasberg’s father, Mel Blasberg, accuses the 46-year-old Hess of having an inappropriate personal relationship with the 25-year-old golfer, and of failing to provide proper medical care before she died. (AP Photo/Ronen Zilberman, File)
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People shop at the Dubuque Food Co-op on May 5, 2014, in Dubuque, Iowa. Up to 500 members attend the opening of the Dubuque Food Co-op, marking a milestone years in the making to create a market that focuses on local food. (AP Photo/The Telegraph Herald, Jessica Reilly)
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Ella Hilborn, 4, grabs spinach while her mom Jessica Hilborn, right, and grandmother Ruth Graper, help while shopping at the Dubuque Food Co-op on May 5, 2014, in Dubuque, Iowa. Up to 500 members attend the opening of the Dubuque Food Co-op, marking a milestone years in the making to create a market that focuses on local food. (AP Photo/The Telegraph Herald, Jessica Reilly)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Delaware State Police on Monday, June 13, 2005, shows James E. Cooke Jr., of Newark, Del. The Delaware Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in the latest appeal by death row inmate Cooke, twice convicted of the 2005 rape and killing of a University of Delaware student. (AP Photo/Delaware State Police, File)
