Tue May 17, 2022 – 6:42 pm EDT
BELLEVUE, Nebraska (LifeSiteNews) — Nebraska Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts on Sunday said he plans to call a special legislative session to immediately outlaw all abortions, without exceptions for rape or incest, if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
“Nebraska is a pro-life state,” Ricketts told CNN’s Dana Bash on the network’s “State of the Union” show May 15. “I believe life begins at conception, and those are babies too. If Roe v. Wade, which is a horrible constitutional decision, gets overturned by the Supreme Court, which we’re hopeful of, here in Nebraska, we’re going to take further steps to protect those preborn babies.”
Asked whether the intended pro-legislation in the Cornhusker State would also ban abortions in cases of rape or incest, Ricketts replied, “They’re still babies, too. Yes.”
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The Republican governor went on to explain that if the Supreme Court rules to overturn the federal “right to abortion” established in the 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, he “will work with our speaker of the legislature to work on a special session and do
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