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House Leaders Add Exceptions to Abortion Bill
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/06/14/house_leaders_add_exceptions_to_abortion_bill.htmlJune 14, 2013
House Leaders Add Exceptions to Abortion Bill
House GOP leaders quietly added language to their bill banning all abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy to include exceptions for rape and incest, the Washington Post reports.
Republicans were successful in preventing the language from being added but the Rules Committee made the change anyway at the behest of leaders.
