Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill.

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Senator Ron Wyden
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Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM

Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.

— Senator Ron Wyden (@wyden.senate.gov) 2025-11-08T21:05:03.679Z

[Buckeyeblue]

1. Is this being done to try to push ending the filibuster?

Sort of like a here is what we can do. This is some scary shit.

[Volaris]

9. This was always gonna be the plan after the States got this back from the SC,

And ALL of them have put access into their State Constitutions via POPULAR BALLOTING. They have to now pivot this back to being federal, because Fuck States Rights when States do things Mike Johnsons hate-gawd doesn't approve of.

[58Sunliner]

2. You mean trying to kill us.

[Solly Mack]

3. ...

[D_Master81]

4. And we are unreasonable

Democrats offer funding health care, GOP offers banning abortion. Is this really that difficult America?

[KS Toronado]

5. Are they trying to guarantee that we will never agree to the spending bill?

Senator Schumer tried to reach across the aisle a few days back, must have scared them so bad that
they had to add more roadblocks to the equation.

This is playing out like dumpie and the republicans want the Government to never reopen with our
current Constitution but with their new & improved Heritage Foundation Constitution after Martial law.

[LaMouffette]

8. I think you're right, but they also want to suck up to their so-called "Christian" voting base and say, "See? Those

baby-killing Democrats are not only shutting down the government, but they are also refusing to stop murdering the unborn!"

[Dave says]

11. Poison pill

That’s what I was thinking. Gotta keep those Epstein files hidden. Can’t open the government. Can’t swear in that democratic house member popularly elected by her district about 2 months ago.

[a kennedy]

6. WTAF??????

[Skittles]

7. their "states rights" meme was always pure bullshit

yup

[Vinca]

10. They must figure it's more fun to kill the kids via starvation after they're born.

[LymphocyteLover]

13. that's a very good point!

[LymphocyteLover]

12. BASTARDS!!! Of course they are.