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Republican Lindsey Graham proposes nationwide 15-week abortion ban
September 14, 2022 at 07:03
White House says South Carolina senator’s proposed bill ‘wildly out of step with what Americans believe’
Senator Lindsey Graham proposed legislation on Tuesday for a nationwide 15-week abortion ban, a politically risky strategy as a backlash grows to the US supreme court ruling earlier this summer overturning federal protections for the procedure.
Polling shows that 57% of Americans disapproved of the court’s June reversal of the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling guaranteeing access to abortion, and 62% say the procedure should be legal in all or most cases.
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