Senate Democrats say they won’t budge on opposing an anti-human trafficking bill unless Republicans strip out abortion limits.

Last month the Senate was poised to pass bipartisan legislation aimed at human trafficking, but at the last minute Democrats pulled their support over how it applied limits on funding for abortions. The bill prohibits trafficking victims from paying for abortions using a restitution fund supplied by fees from perpetrators.

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