Sen. Lindsey Graham defended his bill to ban doctors from performing abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, despite backlash in his own party
Mr. Graham introduced his bill on Tuesday, and it swiftly drew criticism from Democrats, who have rallied around abortion access following the court’s ruling and termed his proposal a national abortion ban. Some antiabortion Republicans also gave the bill a chilly reception, saying that the proposal, which has no chance of passage, simply served to motivate Democratic voters and that Congress should stay out of the matter for now.
“I think right now we should allow the states to explore the different possibilities about the appropriate way,” he said on CNN’s State of the Union. Any abortion bill would require 60 votes to advance in the Senate. Mr. Graham, who had previously said the matter should be left us to the states, said his bill was needed as a response to a legislation passed earlier this year by House Democrats that would ensure a right to an abortion through fetal viability, or around 21 to 24 weeks. That too lacks votes for passage in the Senate.
“I’m not inconsistent,” he said. “To suggest that I’m new to the game opposing late term abortion is ridiculous.”
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