Kevin Dietsch
Entering a neatly prepared room in the Russell Senate Office Building on Tuesday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) seemed jubilant to be introducing a national 15-week abortion ban in the wake of Roe v. Wade being overturned this summer.
But while Graham figuratively thumped his chest, Democrats throughout Washington on Tuesday were locking eyes with the bill, almost instantly behaving as if Graham was throwing them a thick, juicy bone.
For months Democrats have been warning of the very possibility Graham is now making a reality: Republicans pushing for a national abortion ban taking away states’ rights. With Graham’s latest version of the bill introduced, just weeks before an election no less, Democrats no longer have to speak in hypotheticals.