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Nebraska legislature rejects bill to ban abortions if Roe v. Wade is overturned

Updated: April 8, 2022 at 6:58 pm EST  See Comments

Fri Apr 8, 2022 – 12:56 pm EDT

LINCOLN, Nebraska  (LifeSiteNews) – After eight hours of debate on Wednesday, the Nebraska legislature failed to pass a pro-life “trigger” law that would have banned abortions in the Cornhusker State were Roe v. Wade to be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Even though a majority of the legislature supported the bill, it failed to obtain the 33 votes needed to overcome the filibuster that blocked a vote on the bill, falling short by two votes in a 31-15 result.

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The Surgi-Center, a Washington, D.C. abortion clinic infamous for offering late, second trimester abortions, and its owner, abortionist Cesare Santangelo, are at the center of a scandal involving possible violations of federal laws against partial-birth abortion and infanticide.

In an exclusive video interview with LifeSiteNews, Lauren Handy, the director of activism at Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU), told

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