SaysWho? Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 Anti-abortion bills fail in GOP-controlled Nebraska and South Carolina | CNN Politics WWW.CNN.COM Measures that would have severely restricted abortion failed Thursday in Nebraska and South Carolina, which both have Republican-controlled legislatures, a reflection of the... Quote In Nebraska, a “Heartbeat Act” would have banned most abortions after six weeks except in cases of rape or incest or to preserve the life of the mother once a “fetal heartbeat” was detected, but it stalled in the legislature. A cloture vote to overcome a filibuster of the bill failed by a vote of 32-15, with two senators abstaining, including Republican state Sen. Merv Riepe – leaving the measure one vote shy of the two-thirds majority needed for full consideration. Riepe, a cosigner to the bill, had proposed an amendment to move the ban to 12 weeks instead of six weeks, but his amendment did not receive a vote Thursday. 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 Good, let's keep legistation in the 21st century and not the 12th. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subzwari1987 Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 Quote “The only thing that we can do when you all, you men in the chamber, metaphorically keep slapping women by raising abortion again and again and again, is for us to slap you back with our words,” Republican state Sen. Sandy Senn said. Damn, even Republican women are tired of this shit. This needs to happen in more red states. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 "Pro life is a lie you don't care if women die" Pretty good one from that lady. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 "Pro-life" has always been bullshit from the party of guns a d they death penalty. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastletonSnob Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 Republicans: Are we so out of touch? No, it's the voters who are wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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