LINCOLN — Nebraska could be headed toward a special session now that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, although it’s unclear what new abortion restrictions, if any, could survive a promised filibuster.

A "trigger bill," which would have banned abortion in the state once the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade, fell two votes short in the Legislature this year.

Legislative Bill 933 was stopped by a filibuster and legislative leaders say little has changed since then. The late State Sen. Rich Pahls was ill with cancer during the spring debate. He has since been replaced by Republican Kathleen Kauth of Omaha. But that gubernatorial appointment alone is not enough to flip the legislative math toward passage of a total ban, political observers said.

Several senators, and Gov. Pete Ricketts, say they plan to push for a special session in August to readdress the topic.

State Sen. Suzanne Geist, who helped lead efforts to pass a ban, said she thinks the session will take place and that anti-abortion senators will have the numbers to increase restrictions.

The leader of the opposition to the abortion ban, State Sen. Megan Hunt, vowed to keep up the fight. “We have already defeated an abortion ban in Nebraska and we will do it again,” she tweeted. “We will defeat any other attempt to ban abortion in this state because the majority of Nebraskans understand that banning abortion is as extreme as it is unnecessary.”

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