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Four states have passed laws this year that effectively ban abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, and others, including Missouri, are expected to follow suit. Some Missourians are crossing the state line to Illinois, where abortion access is protected. We spent a day at a clinic in Illinois with three women who were getting abortions. Guests: Sabrina Tavernise, a national correspondent for The New York Times, and Lynsea Garrison, a producer for \u201cThe Daily.\u201d For more information on today\u2019s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.\n\nThis episode includes disturbing language.\n\nBackground coverage:Bans on abortion in the very early weeks of pregnancy \u2014 after a fetal heartbeat is detected \u2014 used to be rare. But in the past three months, four states have passed so-called heartbeat bills, and 11 others are considering them. In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled \u2014 with little controversy \u2014 that women had a constitutional right to abortion. How did the decision give way to today\u2019s deep political divide? Listen to a series from \u201cThe Daily\u201d on Roe v. Wade.