The RSC’s support for the Life at Conception Act comes in the wake of a controversial Alabama Supreme Court decision.
By Andrew Perez
Senior Politics Editor
Rolling Stone
A caucus representing most House Republican lawmakers endorsed a 15-week national abortion ban on Wednesday. The announcement came one day after former President Donald Trump indicated that he could support a 15-week abortion ban.
The Republican Study Committee (RSC), which includes nearly 80 percent of all House Republicans, released its 2025 budget proposal on Wednesday, titled “Fiscal Sanity to Save America.” Despite being billed as a budget plan, it is a highly ideological document.
“The gift of life is precious and should be protected,” the document states, adding that the “RSC celebrates the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision.” In that case, the Supreme Court overturned federal protections for abortion rights, using the 6-3 conservative supermajority that Trump helped create.
The RSC document goes further: It endorses a 15-week national abortion ban, as well as legislation that could eliminate access to in vitro fertilization, or IVF. In an email to reporters Wednesday night, the Biden White House tied the document to Trump, saying that the “Trump Republican budget would ban abortion nationwide [and] rip away IVF access.”
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