The top House Republican says the new Alabama abortion law goes too far
California Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the House minority leader, told reporters that the law, which doesn't allow exceptions for abortions in cases of rape and incest,"goes further than I believe."McCarthy wouldn't take a stand on whether the Supreme Court should strike down the measure, the strictest abortion law in the nation, if a challenge were to reach the court. Opinion polls show widespread opposition to overturning the high court's landmark Roe v.
Republicans struggled to win over suburban women in last year's midterm elections and the controversy over abortion restrictions could prove politically troublesome. Republicans have been on the offensive this year trying to link congressional Democrats to late-term abortion measures pushed by some of the party's most liberal forces in state legislatures such as New York's.
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