Abortion is a focus of early action in legislative sessions

Posted: Saturday, February 3, 2018 6:12 pm | Updated: 6:33 pm, Sat Feb 3, 2018.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Republicans who control a majority of the nation's statehouses are considering a wide range of abortion legislation that could test the government's legal ability to restrict a woman's right to terminate pregnancy.

The Mississippi House passed a bill Friday that would make the state the only one to ban all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. In Missouri, lawmakers heard testimony earlier in the week on a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks.

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