In an interview with CNN's Dana Bash, Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts said he will call a special session of the state legislature to enact a total ban on abortion in the very likely event Roe v. Wade is overturned. Ricketts told Bash:
Nebraska is a pro-life state. I believe life begins at conception. 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 unborn babies.
Bash asked Ricketts about cases of rape and incest. Ricketts replied, "They're still babies too. Yes."
So Governor Ricketts will have the state compel women to give birth even if they are impregnated by a relative or a rapist.
If the law passes, Nebraska would join 13 other states which presently have trigger laws on the books which would enact abortion bans in the event Roe v. Wade is overturned. The 13 states in question are Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. This number could grow to more than half the states in the Union with Florida, Indiana and Montana likely next in line.
Mind you, Governor Ricketts only seeks to protect babies who are "unborn." Once you're out of the womb then you are on your own.
As the late George Carlin said, "If you're pre-born, you're fine. If you're pre-school, you're fucked."
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