The Los Angeles Post

GRASSLEY A ‘NO’ ON GRAHAM’S 15-WEEK ABORTION BAN

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Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa), the most senior member of the Senate GOP conference, says he would vote against a national 15-week abortion ban sponsored by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) that has caused a political headache for fellow Republicans.

 

“I would vote ‘no,’” Grassley said at a televised debate Thursday night with his Democratic election opponent, Mike Franken.

  • Grassley previously co-sponsored Graham’s bill, introduced last year, to ban abortion after 20 weeks.
  • Now, however, Grassley says abortion is an issue that should be handled at the state level, after the Supreme Court in June struck down Roe v. Wade’s federal right to an abortion and left decisions to individual states.

A Des Moines Register-Mediacom Iowa poll conducted in July showed Grassley leading Franken, a retired Navy admiral, by 8 points, 47 percent to 39 percent.