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By Joshua Mercer, LifeNews, Oct 31, 2023

LifeNews Note: Joshua Mercer writes for CatholicVote, where this column originally appeared.

Washington, DC – In a first “test” of his leadership as Speaker of the House, Rep. Mike Johnson, R-LA, is facing pressure to back down on his strong pro-life stance against a radical measure that would allow abortion-causing drugs to be shipped nationwide.

“A majority of the House Republican conference backs a provision in the food and agriculture funding bill that would ban mail delivery of abortion pills nationwide, with some hard-liners even pledging to oppose any version without it,” POLITICO reported October 26. “But a handful of Republican centrists who face tough reelection bids next year say federal curbs on mifepristone, a widely used abortion pill, are ‘a non-starter.’”

Johnson has pledged to get a spate of 12 government spending bills through and avoid a government shutdown when funding runs out in the middle of next month. He has also told lawmakers that he wants to bring the agriculture bill to the floor by November 13. …

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