The House will vote on two abortion-related bills Wednesday as state legislatures start convening to take up other restrictions.
The newly Republican-controlled House will kick off its session Wednesday with a series of votes that include two anti-abortion measures which, while certain to fail in the Senate, are part of a broader push by the GOP at the federal and state level to further restrict abortion in 2023 even after voters came out in support of the procedure during the midterms.
The votes—among the first that lawmakers will hold after its new session convened last week—come after anti-abortion activist groupsto House GOP lawmakers urging them to “pursue a robust pro-life agenda” and take stronger action against abortion, including passing a national six-week abortion ban and banning interstate delivery of abortion pills.
A number of Republican-controlled state legislatures that are now convening for legislative sessions have announced intentions to consider anti-abortion legislation, including a bill in
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