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“shortly after the news leaked that the U.S. Supreme Court was ready to overturn Roe v. Wade, Leader McConnell acknowledged that a Federal ban on abortion was now ``possible''--his words. Well, later today, the senior Senator from South Carolina is going to make good on Leader McConnell's warning by introducing a radical bill to institute a nationwide restriction on abortions. Proposals like the one today send a clear message from MAGA Republicans to women across the country: your body, our choice. Rather than expanding women's rights, MAGA Republicans would curtail them rather than give individuals the freedom to make their own healthcare choices. They hand that power over to radical politicians. And let me add this. Republicans are twisting themselves into pretzels trying to explain why they want nationwide abortion bans when they said they would leave it up to the States. Even the senior Senator from South Carolina said a few months ago that ``if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade,'' it would mean that ``every state will decide if abortion is legal and on what terms.'' And yet here he is, introducing a bill to restrict abortions nationally. For the hard right, this has never been about States' rights. This has never been about letting Texas choose its own path while California takes another. No, for MAGA Republicans this has always been about making abortion illegal everywhere. The contrast has become clear.…”