The one bill expanding exceptions to the abortion ban to pass the House may be defeated yet – and the committee hearing that set the stage pulled back the curtain on the politics of abortion.
Performing arts venues seeking state backup to require masks or proof of vaccination got it – with a catch – Tuesday in a bipartisan 11-9 House committee vote.
In a 179-174 vote that overturned a committee recommendation, the House passed legislation Thursday that adds exceptions for rape, incest, and fatal fetal anomalies to the state’s new 24-week abortion ban.