Abortion: the bill that seeks to restrict that right throughout the US.

republican senator Lindsay Graham He presented this Tuesday a bill aimed at prohibiting abortion after 15 weeks of gestation throughout the United States and that only includes exceptions in case of incest, rape or danger to the life of the mother.

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This is the largest effort by conservatives to end that right throughout the country, after states have been passing laws against abortion in recent months, taking advantage of the fact that in June the Supreme Court reversed the ruling. “Roe vs. Wade” that since 1973 protected the right of women to choose.

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“I think there should be a law at the federal level that says after 15 weeks there should be no abortion except in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother,” Graham said at a news conference, who was accompanied by several activists against the right to abortion.

Ban abortion at 15 weeks could negatively impact those patients with fetuses that have malformations and that are usually detected at 20 weeks of gestation.

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Graham, who is not running for re-election in November because he did so two years ago, has held anti-abortion positions during his nearly 20 years in the Senate, but had been against reversal of the “Roe v. Wade” ruling. for its value as judicial precedent.

Graham’s proposal has no chance of succeeding in Congress, where Democrats have a majority in both chambers. But it serves to put on the table a measure that could unite all the members of the Republican Party, when there are only two months left for the legislative elections..

Just weeks ago, US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had said he would not propose a national abortion ban.

Since then, however, Democrats have used abortion to mobilize their base and gain ground ahead of the election, where polls now predict a better result for progressives than before the Supreme Court ruling, though they could still lose the vote. Low camera.

In a statement, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre lashed out at Graham for his proposal, reminding him that it is not in line with what most Americans think, as 61% believe that abortion should be legal in all or almost all casesaccording to a Pew survey.

The spokeswoman also reiterated that Biden and the Democrats in Congress are committed to defending the right to abortion at the federal level, especially in the face of the “radical steps” that the Republicans have taken to take away from women the right to decide about their health.

At the end of june, the Supreme Court, with a conservative majority, reversed “Roe versus Wade” thereby ending federal protection for abortion and giving states permission to set their own rules.

Abortion is currently completely banned in 12 of the 50 US states: Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin.

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