Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson has long supported a federal ban on abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. His position on abortion was held before Roe was overturned by the Supreme Court, unlike what his Senate challenger Mandela Barnes has implied.
Consider this Aug. 17 tweet from Barnes, in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision throwing out Roe v. Wade:
For this check, we’ll focus on the first portion of the tweet: Does Johnson, who is seeking a third term, back a federal abortion ban? And did he announce such a position recently? Abortion-rights supports say one way to address the situation now is to pass a measure permitting abortions — in effect, making the standards under Roe part of federal law. Abortion foes, meanwhile, have long worked to pass federal laws limiting abortion.
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