Nebraska Governor Vows to Convene Special Session to Enact Total Abortion Ban if Roe Overturned

Republican Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts vowed Sunday to convene a special session of his state’s legislature to enact a sweeping pro-life law if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that legalized abortion nationally.

“Nebraska is a pro-life state. I believe life begins at conception, and those are babies too,” Ricketts told CNN’s Dana Bash when asked if there should be a rape exception for his proposed blanket abortion prohibition. “If Roe v. Wade, which is a horrible constitutional decision, gets overturned by the Supreme Court, which we’re hopeful of, here in Nebraska, we’re going to take further steps to protect those pre-born babies.”

He indicated that the state legislature would attempt to pre-empt the Supreme Court’s decision this term by enshrining pro-life measures into law. “I will work with our speaker of the legislature to work on a special session and do more to protect preborn babies. We’ll have to wait and see what that decision is before we can take further steps, but that would certainly be my intention,” he said… (Excerpt from The National Review)