Ellmers Signals Support of Revised Abortion Ban Bill
The revised bill would no longer require rape victims to report the crime to police if they wish to terminate a pregnancy resulting from it.
U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) is greeted by an immigration reform activist in front of the U.S. Capitol October 23, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
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The U.S. House Republican who led a internal party rebellion in January against a late-term abortion-ban bill says she now is "comfortable" with changes in a proposed update because it no longer represents a "re-victimizing" of rape and incest victims.
"I can be in support of it," said Representative Renee Ellmers of North Carolina of the new language in the bill to ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.