{"id":1642511,"date":"2022-09-16T09:34:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T13:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1642511"},"modified":"2022-09-16T09:34:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T13:34:52","slug":"grahams-abortion-ban-puts-gop-senate-candidates-in-tight-spot-drives-democrat-hopes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grahams-abortion-ban-puts-gop-senate-candidates-in-tight-spot-drives-democrat-hopes\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham\u2019s Abortion Ban Puts GOP Senate Candidates in Tight Spot, Drives Democrat Hopes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgrahams-abortion-ban-puts-gop-senate-candidates-in-tight-spot-drives-democrat-hopes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1642511&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sen. Lindsey Graham\u2019s (R-S.C.) recently-unveiled 15-week abortion ban is causing headaches for GOP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-senate\">Senate<\/a> nominees in tight races and driving Democrats\u2019 hopes of regaining momentum only weeks ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-2022-midterms\">2022 midterms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/republicans-unveil-federal-late-term-abortion-ban_4727578.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Graham on Sept. 13 unveiled the bill<\/a>, dubbed the\u00a0Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act. The legislation is similar to another bill introduced in the Senate by Graham last year but it would change the prohibition from the previous bill\u2019s 20-week ban to a reduced 15-week ban.<\/p>\n<p>During a press conference on the bill, Graham argued that the legislation, which would target physicians providing banned abortions rather than women seeking them, is necessary to place the United States in line with most of the rest of the developed world. In Europe, Graham noted, 47 of the continent\u2019s 50 countries ban abortion after 12 to 15 weeks of gestation.<\/p>\n<p>Under the terms of the bill, physicians providing banned abortions after the legal threshold would be on the hook for a federal criminal charge carrying a fine and up to five years in federal prison.<\/p>\n<p>However, the bill would permit exceptions in cases where physicians determine the mother\u2019s life is in danger or for babies who are the product of rape or incest.<\/p>\n<p>For Democrats, the bill renewed some hope of regaining momentum ahead of a race that observers have long predicted would see Democrats lose the House and only narrowly hold the Senate, if at all.<\/p>\n<p>Months after the Supreme Court made its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization to return the power to regulate abortion to the states, Democrats\u2019 efforts to use the issue to rile up their pro-abortion base were slipping as issues like inflation, rising crime, and border security took the forefront.<\/p>\n<p>Now, some observers\u2014including conservatives and members of Graham\u2019s own party\u2014are worried that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Lindsey Graham\u2019s (R-S.C.) recently-unveiled 15-week abortion ban is causing headaches for GOP Senate nominees in tight races and driving Democrats\u2019 hopes of regaining momentum only weeks ahead of the 2022 midterms. Graham on Sept. 13 unveiled the bill, dubbed the\u00a0Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act. 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