Nebraska State Police arrested at least six people in the incident.
At least six protesters were arrested at the Nebraska Capitol Friday as state lawmakers approved a 12-week abortion ban and restrictions on gender-affirming care for those under the age of 19.
Friday’s heated debate was briefly halted when protesters in a chamber balcony hurled obscenities at conservative lawmakers and threw what appeared to be bloody tampons onto the floor.Later, as lawmakers began voting, hundreds of protesters who’d packed in the Capitol rotunda chanted “Shame!” right outside of the chamber doors.
Nebraska state Sen. Megan Hunt, center, stands among supporters minutes after a vote in which the Nebraska Legislature passed a bill to ban abortion at 12 weeks and ban gender-affirming care in minors, on May 19, 2023 in Lincoln, Neb.Opponents unsuccessfully sought an exception for fatal fetal anomalies and to explicitly protect doctors from criminal charges for performing a contested abortion.
Nebraska’s restrictions on gender-affirming care wouldn’t take effect until Oct. 1, however the abortion ban will take effect as soon as the governor signs it. Sen. Kathleen Kauth, who authored the trans health measure, has repeatedly referred to an increase of children who identify as transgender as “a social contagion,” and insisted the measure was to protect children from doing something they could later regret.
On Friday, Cavanaugh vowed to continue her filibuster until the end of this year’s session in early June and even through all of 2024.
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