In North Carolina on Tuesday, female Republican lawmakers took a leading role in introducing the legislation at a surprise press conference, which capped months of closed-door deliberations among Republicans, many of whom had been pushing for a six-week ban. The new measure was unveiled just days after proposed bans fizzled last week in two other conservative states - a near-total ban in South Carolina and a six-week ban in Nebraska - with opposition coming from some Republican women and others in the party amid fears of a growing political backlash prompted by the fall of Roe v. Source: Washington Post RALEIGH - Republicans in North Carolina introduced a plan on Tuesday to ban abortion in the state after 12 weeks of pregnancy, a move that would significantly narrow the window for legal abortions but stop short of the more-restrictive bans that have been enacted in other Southern states.
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