Thom Tillis says he has not seen the bill and that Republicans are not discussing the issue
United States Senator for North Carolina, responding to questions from Axios
“No.”
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The fullest available account of Senate Republican reluctance on the bill, with direct responses from Husted and Tillis, Hawley's reply to Axios, and Marjorie Dannenfelser's criticism of the Trump administration's handling of mifepristone litigation.
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Axios reported that additional abortion restrictions could cost Republicans support in competitive races, and approached senators in such races for their positions.
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Senator Jon Husted, who also faced a competitive reelection race, gave Axios the same answer about the bill; his response is recorded separately, though the report paraphrases rather than quotes him.
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Case context: Should Congress ban the abortion pill, mifepristone, as Josh Hawley has proposed?
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The case's fixed reference point is Hawley's proposition that Congress should ban mifepristone by revoking its federal approval. Tillis withholds a position on the bill and then closes down the broader subject, which is a refusal rather than a substantive response. The closest competing label is a finding that this is not a position event at all, since not having read a bill can be a simple statement of fact. That loses because the exchange was an express request for his position and he declined it twice, the second time foreclosing discussion of the issue itself.
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