GOP senators are split on the idea, with some forecasting a future push to outlaw abortion, others saying it's a state issue and still others predicting any such effort would fail.
Many conservative states already have "trigger laws" in place that would ban abortions immediately or soon after if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said in a recent interview that a nationwide abortion ban is "possible" if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said in an interview late last week that a national ban on abortion is possible if the United States Supreme Court overturns Roe v.
Mitch McConnell said in an interview that, should the leaked SCOTUS opinion become the Court’s final ruling, a national abortion ban would be “possible.”
Democrats are bad at politics but some opportunities are so obvious that even they can’t miss them. One way the GOP will try to defuse some of the backlash if and when Roe goes down is by remind...
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell isn’t ruling out bringing a nationwide abortion ban up for a vote, should the U.S. Supreme Court end the constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy and his party regains the chamber in the November elections.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell isn’t ruling out bringing a nationwide abortion ban up for a vote, should the U.S. Supreme Court end the constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy and his party regains the chamber in the November elections.
Sen. Mitch McConnell suggested to USA Today that Republicans could enact a nationwide abortion ban. But he's ruled out the idea of ending the filibuster in order to ban abortion. That would mean Republicans might never have the votes to ban abortion at the federal level.
By Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona and Ted Barrett, CNN Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell slightly nudged the door open last week when he said “it’s possible” the GOP could move to ban abortion nationwide. Republicans on Monday quickly shut it.
