LINCOLN- The speaker of the Nebraska Legislature is gauging his colleagues’ support for a special session to debate a 12-week abortion ban according to an opposing Omaha senator.

State Sen. Megan Hunt posted a Tweet saying that Speaker of the Legislature Mike Hilgers is calling all members and asking them to sign on to a letter supporting a special session to take up the proposal.

Hilgers, of Lincoln, said that he has contacted multiple lawmakers to discuss a special session, but would not confirm whether he is proposing a 12-week ban.

“I don’t have additional comment until I’ve finished those conversations and had the chance to comprehensively discuss with my colleagues,” Hilgers said.

Hilgers has not called all lawmakers. Omaha Sens. Machaela Cavanaugh and Justin Wayne said they hadn’t received a call from the speaker yet.

A 12-week ban wouldn’t go as far as the bans that many Southern and Midwestern states passed after the Supreme Court’s ruling.

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