The Democratic-controlled Senate didn't even consider one bill the House approved in 2013, and a House-passed measure in 2015 fell short in a GOP-run Senate. The measure would make it a crime for anyone to perform most abortions on fetuses believed to be 20 weeks into development. 2 Senate GOP leader John Cornyn of Texas said, "That's not a near-term priority." Senate GOP leaders are now focusing on tax cuts. House debate came a week after the collapse of a Senate GOP effort to scuttle much of Obama's health care law, a bill that would have also blocked federal money for Planned Parenthood.

Source: ABC News October 03, 2017 18:10 UTC