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LINCOLN, Nebraska (LifeSiteNews) – Nebraska pro-life Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts announced Monday that he would not call a special session of the state’s one-house legislature to vote on any pro-life legislation. The legislature would have voted to move the state’s abortion ban from 20 weeks to 12 weeks.
Ricketts announced his decision after receiving a letter from Republican Speaker of the House Mike Hilgers informing him that only 30 state senators would vote to move the 20-week abortion ban to 12 weeks. Thirty-three votes are required to overcome filibusters in the Nebraska State House.
Today, I received a letter from Speaker of the Legislature Mike Hilgers. It indicated that 30 state senators support amending Nebraska’s abortion laws to prohibit abortions starting at 12 weeks in a special session. Here’s my response: pic.twitter.com/LH7o4BEgnF
— Gov. Pete Ricketts (@GovRicketts) August 8, 2022
“It is deeply saddening that only 30 Nebraska state senators are willing to come back to
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