China News Service, September 14. According to comprehensive US media reports, on the 13th local time, US Republican Senator Graham (Lindsey Graham) proposed a bill to propose a nationwide ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, and to prohibit abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Banned doctors are punishable by up to five years in prison unless rape, incest or saving a mother's life occurs.
On June 24, local time, people in San Francisco gathered in front of City Hall to protest against the Supreme Court's overturn of Roe v. Wade.
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade case that protected women's abortion rights on the same day, meaning that women's abortion rights will no longer be protected by the U.S. Constitution.
As soon as the news came out, protests broke out in many parts of the United States.
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"The United States has to make some decisions," Graham said at a news conference.
The South Carolina Republican said that instead of eschewing the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade this summer, Republicans are gearing up for a national law banning abortion.
However, Graham's proposal was quickly "splashed with cold water" by Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell.
McConnell noted that he was not keen on debating Graham's proposed bill.
He told reporters that most Republican lawmakers want to leave the issue to the states.
The Washington Post previously said that more than 10 states have banned abortion in most cases two months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade case that protected women's abortion rights.
The data also shows that nearly 21 million women in the U.S.—about one-third of girls and women between the ages of 15 and 44—have lost access to abortion.