Lindsay Graham announces national abortion ban

American lawyer and politician Lindsey Graham has always been a staunch opponent of abortion rights with a new anti-abortion legislation that will ban the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy nationwide. 

Graham’s proposal comes at a difficult time for Republicans, who have been losing steam in midterm polls, hobbled by the extreme unpopularity of the Supreme Court’s summer decision overturning Roe.

This year all the democrats have been gaining momentum as young women are all registering to vote at higher rates. 

However, the proposed 15-week abortion ban is more stringent than a 20-week one that Graham pursued in the past and this bill would not hurt the republicans politically saying,  "If Republicans win back both houses of Congress, there would be a vote on passing the abortion ban." 

A Texas Republicans senator John Cornyn was even more stark about it, "That wasn’t a conference decision. It was an individual senator’s decision." 

He further added, "There’s obviously a split of opinion in terms of whether abortion law should be decided by the states, which is my preference … and those who want to set some sort of minimum standard."