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Graham unveils plan for nationwide abortion ban after 15 weeks

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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks during news conference to announce a new bill on abortion restrictions, on Capitol Hill September 13, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) WASHINGTON - Upending the political debate, Republican Sen.

Lindsey Graham introduced a nationwide abortion ban bill Tuesday, sending shockwaves through both parties and igniting fresh debate on a fraught issue weeks before the midterm elections that will determine control of Congress.Graham's own Republican party leaders did not immediately embrace his abortion ban bill, which would prohibit the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy with rare exceptions, and has almost no chance of becoming law in the Democratic-held Congress.

Democrats torched it as extreme, an alarming signal of where "MAGA" Republicans are headed if they win control of the House and Senate in November."America’s got to make some decisions," Graham said at a press conference at the Capitol.The South Carolina Republican said rather than shying away from the Supreme Court's ruling this summer overturning Roe vs.

Wade's nearly 50-year right to abortion access, Republicans are preparing to fight to make a nationwide abortion ban federal law."Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, we’re going nowhere," the senator said flanked by women advocates from the anti-abortion movement. "We welcome the debate.

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