(Video: Blair Guild/The Washington Post)“We can’t live at the extremes,” North Carolina Sen. Amy Galey (R) said in an interview. How voters respond to these new bans could impact how abortion plays out as an issue in the 2024 presidential election. Last summer, public backlash swiftly ensued over abortion bans that don’t include rape or incest exceptions — terrain least favorable to the GOP. Measures in North Carolina, Nebraska, Florida, Wyoming and North Dakota all included exceptions for rape and incest in some form, though some are limited by gestational age. Local antiabortion groups described “difficult” and “emotional” conversations about how early in pregnancy the state could realistically ban abortion.

Source: Washington Post May 21, 2023 08:51 UTC