With thousands of anti-abortion protesters in town for the annual March for Life, Republicans were ready to push legislation through the House designed to please them. GOP leaders had planned House passage Thursday of legislation criminalizing most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, an act that would have defied a White House veto threat. But late Wednesday they abruptly postponed that confrontation indefinitely after concluding they were short of votes from their own caucus, after several women pushed back on a provision that would have required rape and incest victims seeking an abortion after 20 weeks to first report the crime to the police.
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Thousands of anti-abortion protesters are in town for the annual March for Life; Republicans were ready to push legislation designed to please them
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They realized Wednesday night that they were short of votes from their own caucus, including several women
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Some GOP lawmakers were against a provision requiring rape and incest victims seeking an abortion after 20 weeks to first report to police
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The bill had zero chance of becoming law; the White House advised the president to veto it
Instead, the @placeholder will vote on legislation today barring taxpayer funding of abortions — a prohibition that's already largely in place.