Ellmers Says Abortion Ban Went Too Far

The lawmaker says her party must stop making itself vulnerable to claims it's waging a war on women.

U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH), Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL), and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) leave after a news conference July 28, 2011 on Capitol Hilll in Washington, DC.
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By Billy House

January 22, 2015 at 6:24 PM UTC

Updated on

January 22, 2015 at 11:06 PM UTC

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The U.S. House Republican who helped lead a rebellion against an abortion-ban proposal says the party must stop making itself vulnerable to claims it’s waging a war on women.

Representative Renee Ellmers of North Carolina overnight became the face of House Republican women and centrists who persuaded their leadership to drop a bill that would have banned abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. They contended its exceptions for rape and incest were too narrow.