Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts has announced he will not call a special session of the Legislature to try to enact an abortion ban because the measure doesn’t have enough votes to break a filibuster.
Ricketts is a Republican who has said he wants to ban all abortion, even in cases of rape and incest.
Ricketts said in a statement Monday that he had nixed plans for a special session after learning from Speaker of the Legislature Mike Hilgers that only 30 lawmakers would support a proposal to ban abortions starting at 12 weeks of pregnancy.
Thirty-three votes are needed to break a filibuster.
