'Voters have an opportunity to defend legal access to abortion at the polls this November by electing more Democrats to the Legislature, Congress, and the governor's office.' janekleeb
"Poll after poll has shown that a majority of Nebraskans support abortion rights," said the state's Democratic Party chair."But there are radical Republican senators that will keep trying to erode reproductive rights.
"Voters have an opportunity to defend legal access to abortion at the polls this November by electing more Democrats to the Legislature, Congress, and the governor's office."Monday that anti-choice state lawmakers lacked the votes in the state Legislature to pass a 12-week aborton ban, which would replace Nebraska's 20-week ban. A special session that had been planned for the summer was canceled as a result.
Thirty lawmakers said they would support the legislation, and 33 are needed to break the Legislature's filibuster. During the regular session, forced pregnancy advocates also failed to gather sufficient support to pass a"trigger ban," which would have banned all abortions following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that overturned
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