Posted on 11/09/2022 4:40:06 PM PST by Morgana
Nebraska soon may be able to pass legislation to protect unborn babies from abortion after Tuesday election results show Republicans winning a filibuster-proof majority in the state legislature.
Although Republicans currently control the state legislature, they fell a few votes short of the two-thirds majority necessary to overcome a filibuster and pass pro-life legislation this year.
Now, they may have those votes. The Grand Island Independent reports election results Wednesday morning show Republicans gaining enough seats in the Nebraska Legislature to overcome a filibuster.
Some votes are still being counted, but both the Independent and the Nebraska Examiner predict Republicans will win, creating a filibuster-proof majority in 2023.
According to the Examiner, Republican candidate Merv Riepe defeated Democrat candidate Robin Richards in a closely-watched race, flipping the Omaha-area seat to Republican.
Here’s more from the report:
If late vote counts don’t change the results, the GOP would gain one seat, obtaining a 33-vote supermajority in the Unicameral Legislature.
That could give Republicans the power to pass several conservative initiatives that had been blocked by filibusters in the past. Those include bills to ban or further restrict abortion, allow carrying of concealed weapons without a state permit or training, and provide a state tax break for contributions to private schools.
Voters also elected a new pro-life Republican governor, Jim Pillen, who has described protecting unborn babies from abortion as a “moral and economic imperative” in Nebraska.
“Abortion is murder and as a pro-life state the majority of Nebraskans recognize that we need to outlaw it,” Pillen said in April, according to KFOR Now. “Wouldn’t it be wonderful with conservative leadership in a pro-life state, that we stop abortion? Just where would we be if we didn’t slaughter 220,000 babies in the last 49 years?” he added in February speech.
Some Nebraska cities already protect unborn babies by banning abortions. On Tuesday, voters in Wallace, Hershey, Brady, Paxton and Arnold approved ordinances that protect unborn babies by banning abortions within their limits.
Mark Lee Dickson, founder of the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn initiative, said Nebraska now has eight municipalities that protect unborn babies from abortion, thanks to the votes Tuesday.
Because the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, 13 states now are enforcing pro-life laws that prohibit or strictly limit the killing of unborn babies in abortions, and others are fighting in court to do the same.
New research estimates up to 10,000 unborn babies already have been saved from abortion since these laws went into effect this summer, and hundreds of thousands more are expected to be saved from death in the coming years.
Polls consistently show a strong majority of Americans support legal protections for unborn babies, especially after the first trimester or once their heartbeat is detectable.
But, but, but....abortion is why the GOP won (lost?) the House?
Sounds sort of like red waving. Or at least a red tide coming in.
Oh, that dastardly loser Trump!
More and more GOOD NEWS.
I can’t stand it!!!!
It’s not the Red Wave, it’s the Quiet Wave.
Shhhh....
I’m wondering: does NE have a GOP secretary of state as well? If so, any kinks in their elections can be cleaned up by the legislature and governor, with the SOS willing to follow the law.
The more clean election states we have, the less chance the next Dumb-O-Crat Presidential nominee has to cheat his way into the WH.
There were red wavelets everywhere. In my red rural Illinois county Republicans won every race except for a couple of county board seats. And it wasn’t even close - 55-60% margins for the Rebublican, even in statewide races where the democrat won. We just can’t offset the Chicago vote.
Some good news, considering the outcome in California.
True.
Too bad we didn't get more governorships, and lost some ground in certain legislatures.
Not that those particular legislatures were on our side.
I'm worried. Should we put out an Amber Alert for the gurl? She hasn't been seen since things started going south yesterday afternoon... ;-)
Yes, doesn’t it?!
I'm loving it! The freaks are getting put back on their heels and the tide appears to finally be turning! YES!
My old state of Maryland did poorly, choosing Dem/Communist Wes Moore over GOP/Relative Conservative Dan Cox. A friend of mine up there just texted me, saying he thought I was right to move to Florida.
In some states, yes, but for Congress, the GOP seems to be blowing a red fart.
The executive officers here in Nebraska are all Repubs.
I am hoping with the supermajority in the Unicameral that those folks will PASS SOME REAL F’ING PROPERTY TAX RELIEF!!!!!!
Nebraska is a very conservative state but our property taxes are ridiculous. Sorry for shouting.
My tagline has a dual meaning. Football and culture.
Boy, did you make the right choice!
I sure did. I’m currently jobless, and about to start a new gig that doesn’t make the money that I did in Maryland and earlier down here, but I can at least rest easy that I’m not as likely to see food shortages, experience riots or eat ze boogs.
As it is, the only real problems with Florida’s economy that I see right now is there isn’t much oil extraction, if any, and we’re still denominated in U.S. dollars.
RINO's. RINO's everywhere.
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