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State senators announce new attempt to increase abortion restrictions in Nebraska
- Erin Bamer and Martha Stoddard Omaha World-Herald
- Jan 11, 2023
- Jan 11, 2023 Updated Feb 16, 2024
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The latest attempt to increase Nebraska's abortion restrictions is on its way to the Legislature, this time focused on the heavily debated terminology commonly referred to as the "fetal heartbeat."
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Senators, including Anna Wishart of Lincoln (foreground), set to work at the start of the legislative session on Jan. 5, 2022.
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Sen. Tom Brewer of Gordon reads legislation on the first day of the legislative session on Wednesday.
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Sens. Wendy DeBoer of Bennington (left) and Mike McDonnell of Omaha visit before the start of the legislative session on Wednesday.
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The Nebraska State Patrol color guard carries in the flags at the start of the legislative session in January 2022.
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Sens. Patty Pansing Brooks of Lincoln (left) and Megan Hunt of Omaha visit on the first day of the legislative session on Wednesday.
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Senators visit at the start of the legislative session on Wednesday.
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Sens. Tom Briese and Mike Moser catch up before the start of the legislative session on Wednesday.
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Speaker of the Legislature Mike Hilgers of Lincoln (from left) visits with Sens. Mike McDonnell of Omaha and Steve Erdman of Bayard before the start of the legislative session on Wednesday.
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The 107th Legislature convened on Wednesday at the Capitol. This session, which runs 60 days, is scheduled to adjourn in April.
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Sens. Mark Kolterman of Seward (from left), John Stinner of Gering, John McCollister of Omaha and Matt Williams of Gothenburg catch up before the start of a legislative session in 2022.
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Sen. Rita Sanders of Bellevue(left) listens to Sen. Mike Moser of Columbus before the start of the legislative session on Wednesday.
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On the first day of the Legislature on Wednesday, Sen. John McCollister of Omaha read the address that George Norris delivered to the opening session of the new one-house, nonpartisan legislature in 1937.
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