The governor of Nebraska said Monday that he wouldn't call a special session of the legislature to pass a 12-week abortion ban because there weren't enough Republican senators who would vote for it.
The Conservative Political Action Conference was held in National Harbor, Maryland.
Speaker of the Legislature Mike Hilgers sent a letter to the governor on Monday stating that thirty state senators in Nebraska are in favor of amending state law to ban abortion after 12 weeks into a pregnant woman's uterus.
The lack of support for the bill was deeply saddening, according to the statement.
Until a special session is held, abortion will be legal in Nebraska for up to 20 weeks into a pregnant woman's life.
The next regular session of the legislature will be in January of 2023, as the GOP has a 32 17 majority in the Senate.
There is no more important issue than protecting the most vulnerable, and that includes our preborn babies.
abortion is a right The abortion ban is opposed by Nebraska state Sen. Megan Hunt. The decision about when to become a parent is up to the individual.
Nebraska is prosecuting abortions that take place after 20 weeks. A 17-year-old girl who had an illegal abortion at more than 23 weeks is now facing multiple felony charges, as is her mother, who helped her get the abortion and bury the fetus.
The Guttmacher Institute said that Nebraska was expected to ban abortion after the Supreme Court's decision. The news that there isn't enough political support to pass the bill comes as Republican governors and lawmakers across the country have been less enthusiastic than expected about enactment of harsh abortion bans in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling. On Friday, Indiana became the first state to impose a new abortion ban, but the bills have frustrated anti-abortion advocates by carving out exceptions for rape and incest, and West Virginia's bill has been put on hold. The governors of Iowa and South Dakota say they won't convene special sessions to pass abortion legislation in the near future.
There is uncertainty over the Nebraska abortion session.
Republicans don't like how far to push abortion bans now that the law has been changed.
A vast majority of Americans don't want abortion bans.
The abortion rights backers are blocking the law.
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