These states are potentially next to hold special sessions on abortion this summer
Lawmakers in Indiana and West Virginia have met this week to debate new bills that would curtail the procedure, and other Republican leaders have publicly indicated that they will meet over the coming weeks. Several Democratic-led legislatures have also reconvened -- in order to pass new protections for abortion rights that they now see under threat..
A special House committee held a public hearing earlier this month and put together a"working draft" of a bill that would ban abortion at every stage of pregnancy and eliminate the exception for cases of rape and incest. The bill would allow"any legitimate health care procedure necessary to prevent the death or serious bodily impairment of the mother," the committee chairman John McCravy said during a July 19 meeting. The draft bill now heads to the House Judiciary Committee.
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