Senate GOP Pushes Pro-Life Bills to the Floor to Isolate Vulnerable Dems on Late-Term Abortion

The Senate will vote Tuesday on two pro-life bills seeking to limit late-term abortion, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell aiming to set a litmus test for centrist Democrats while bolstering social conservatives ahead of the 2020 election cycle.

The bills, proposed by Senators Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) and Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) seek to ban the vast majority of abortions after 20 weeks, and make doctors who perform them subject to criminal prosecution. Sasse’s bill also aims to protect the life of babies who survive a botched abortion.