Sen. Lindsey Graham introduced a bill that would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy nationwide, the biggest step by Republicans to restrict abortion on a federal level since Roe v. Wade fell
. “After they introduced the bill to define who they are, I thought it’d be nice to introduce a bill to define who we are,” Graham said., exposes fissures on the right over abortion policy post-. It’s an attempt to find a balance between the most conservative Republicans and activists who want to fully ban abortion and other conservatives who want to stick with more moderate limits.
He announced the bill alongside Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, and other prominent anti-abortion leaders, and called the measure “eminently reasonable” on Tuesday. But other anti-abortion groups, such as Students for Life of America, which has advocated for more strict laws including a national ban on abortion after six weeks, did not appear with Graham.
The measure stands almost no chance of advancing while Democrats control Congress. Graham said Tuesday that if Republicans take back the House and the Senate in the midterms, he expects a vote on the 15-week abortion ban. But Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell indicated shortly after Graham’s announcement that he might not want to bring the bill to a vote. “I think most of the members of my conference prefer that this be dealt with at the state level,” McConnell said.
Democrats and abortion rights advocates take issue with the framing of a 15-week ban as a middle ground for conservatives. Reproductive rights advocates critiqued the bill’s title for using the name “late-term,” a non-scientific phrase that has historically referred to abortions after at least 20 weeks of pregnancy.
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