The majority of Nebraska lawmakers who responded to an Associated Press pre-session survey say they would support an effort to pre-emptively ban abortion in the event that the landmark Roe v. Wade decision is overturned.
Some states have adopted or proposed so-called "trigger laws" -- either automatically banning abortion, or protecting it -- if the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that established a woman's right to have an abortion were overturned.
Asked in the annual AP survey whether they would support such a law, 21 Nebraska state senators said they would back a trigger law banning abortion...
Six lawmakers said they would not support such a law, and three -- Sens. Bill Avery of Lincoln Ray Janssen of Nickerson, Lowen Kruse of Omaha -- indicated they would support a trigger law protecting abortion...
Twelve lawmakers declined to participate in the survey.
