‘Can Feel Excruciating Pain’: Sen. Lindsey Graham Defends 15-Week Abortion Limit

Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham unveiled amended legislation that would limit abortion past the fifteenth week of a woman’s pregnancy.

The newest version of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act would ban abortions after 15 weeks, with exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother. Republicans have introduced similar versions of the bill that would limit abortion after 20 weeks. The legislation will “get America in a position on the federal level that we think is fairly consistent with the rest of the world,” Graham said at a Tuesday press conference in which he was flanked by pro-life activists.

Federally-elected Republicans have started to coalesce around a national 15 week abortion limit. Thirteen states fully ban abortion, while two others have heartbeat bills that prohibit it after six weeks.