Democrats dig in on abortion rights as Trump pushes for 20-week ban

House Democrats are backing legislation that would gut abortion restrictions just over one week after President Trump called on Congress to pass a 20-week abortion ban.

If the bill Democrats will review in a hearing Wednesday, the Women’s Health Protection Act, were to become law, then no states would be able to pass bans based on gestational stage such as the one Trump is calling for. The bill isn’t likely to get traction in the Republican-controlled Senate but is meant to draw attention to red-state laws regulating abortion.