first, in nebraska, on the floor was a bill to ban abortions at six weeks. but the republicans who have a 32-17 seat majority over the democrats could not pass it because one of the cosigners of that bill ended up abstaining. we re going to tell you why he did that in a moment. then in south carolina, a near total ban also failed. it s the third time the gop has tried to pass this bill down there since roe was overturned. this time, all five of the chambers female lawmakers struck down the quote human life protection act, including three republicans. here s two of them. maybe i m confused about this legislation. or maybe the men who wrote it know more about pregnancy than the women in this chamber or across this state or the country who can actually get pregnant and give birth. women don t have sex just so they can go have an abortion. just like men, i don t think, have sex to get pregnant every time. abortion laws have always been each and every one of them about control
first, in nebraska, on the floor was a bill to ban abortions at six weeks. but the republicans who have a 32-17 seat majority over the democrats could not pass it because one of the cosigners of that bill ended up abstaining. we re going to tell you why he did that in a moment. then in south carolina, a near total ban also failed. it s the third time the gop has tried to pass this bill down there since roe was overturned. this time, all five of the chambers female lawmakers struck down the quote human life protection act, including three republicans. here s two of them. maybe i m confused about this legislation. or maybe the men who wrote it know more about pregnancy than the women in this chamber or across this state or the country who can actually get pregnant and give birth. women don t have sex just so they can go have an abortion.