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N.H. Democratic lawmakers and activists are pushing to overturn a new state ban on abortion after 24-weeks and enshrine the right to abortion in state law.
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Last month, Gov. Chris Sununu (R-NH) left both sides of the abortion wondering and waiting to see if he would sign a budget proposal. Sununu, one of the most popular governors in the country, is a pro-choice Republican, whose name has been floated as a potential Senate candidate to run against incumbent Maggie Hassan (D-NH). The Republican legislature included in their budget proposal, among other things, a ban on critical race theory and a ban on abortions past 24-weeks. Last week, the governor signed the budget, as he signaled he would do.
As Michael Graham with the NH Journal reported last month:
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House and Senate budget negotiators have reached a tentative agreement on a contentious family planning provision that Republicans want in the state budget.
Under the deal, a proposal to require state-funded family planning providers to physically and financially separate family planning and abortion services would only kick in if a state review found that tax dollars were improperly funding abortion. Senate Majority Leader Jeb Bradley, the architect of the compromise, said the review would be certified by the state s top health official.
“If it s not verified, then the consequences would take effect but until then the provision of these services could go unimpeded,” Bradley said Tuesday during a negotiating session.
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