Republicans currently hold a trifecta in New Hampshire, with GOP majorities in the House and Senate and a Republican occupying the governor’s mansion. But control of the House — the largest in the country with 400 members — sits on a knife’s edge. There are 198 Republicans and 195 Democrats, three independents, and four vacant seats.

Republicans “claim that they don’t want to ban abortion anymore, and that they don’t want to change the 24 week ban. And here we are, with a bill from sponsors in both chambers, trying to move the ban to 15 days,” says Alexis Simpson, deputy minority leader of the New Hampshire House. Simpson pointed to other proposals floated by GOP members to restrict abortion, including a Texas-style abortion bounty law in 2021, and 15-week ban that is expected to be introduced in the upcoming session.

  • Ghostalmedia
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    551 year ago

    I love that these fuckwits haven’t come to terms with the fact that most Americans hate this policy, and all it does is drive out the vote for the Dems.

    • Alto
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      351 year ago

      They have, that’s why they’re turning the anti-democratic actions up to 11

    • It’s very telling they they’re floundering on this and can’t get consistent messaging. The party has fallen apart in most meaningful ways. The Republican Party of 2012 would’ve had analyst and strategist approved talking points given to every Republican to parrot. They’d have a consistent national campaign of bullshit.

      Not only are the strategists being ignored, I think a lot of them have flat out left since 2016. If they weren’t far right to start, there’s a good chance they’ve been disgusted and quit.

      This isn’t to say we should be complacent. A wounded animal is the most dangerous. But they are wounded, and a few good attacks will end them.