OLYMPIA, Wash. — Abortion rights proposals were front and center in Olympia, Wash., this week as state lawmakers heard hours of public testimony on seven proposals that would bolster access to abortion.
The focus on four legislative committees hearing testimony on abortion bills on Tuesday was intended to demonstrate majority Democratic support for abortion rights following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to cancel Roe v. Wade, reported the Seattle Times.
The June decision upended nearly 50 years of national protection…
