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LINCOLN — Pleas, chants and tossed tampons and pads did not stop the Nebraska Legislature’s conservative majority from passing a bill Friday combining two proposals that several state senators said
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Nebraska lawmakers have passed the session’s most contentious bill.
A bill that would ban “gender-altering” procedures for minors in Nebraska was modified and expanded to include a 12-week abortion ban. It will have one more round of consideration.
The bill will raise state spending by 2.3% over the next two years.
Republican lawmakers in Nebraska, North Carolina and South Carolina all found ways to revive restrictive abortion bans in their states.