06/26/2023

In Post-Roe era, House Republicans Quietly Push for New Restrictions on Abortion Access

Women's healthcare rights continue to be threatened

When the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued its abortion ruling last June overturning Roe v. Wade, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy said "our work is far from done." He didn't say what might come next.

A year later later, McCarthy is the speaker, Republicans are in the majority and the blanks are beginning to be filled in.

In a flurry of little-noticed legislative action, GOP lawmakers are pushing abortion policy changes, trying to build on the work of activists whose strategy successfully elevated their fight to the nation's highest court.

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