(Washington, D.C.) Today, the House of Representatives passed House Resolution 7 (H.R. 7), which seeks to take insurance coverage of abortion away from women. The bill replaced H.R 36, which would have banned abortion nationwide at 20 weeks without a health exception, only a narrow life exception and a cruel sexual assault exception. House Leadership dropped H.R. 36 after members objected to the sexual assault exception, which would have required rape survivors to file a report.
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