Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) asserted that the compromise on abortion contained within the bill, which would seek to segregate federal funds from subsidizing health plans covering abortion, is unconstitutional.
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“What this provision does that Sen. Nelson negotiated sets up a Supreme Court challenge. Roe v. Wade’s pretty clear on federal funding for abortion,” Chambliss said at a Capitol Hill press conference early this afternoon.
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