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Abortion ban changes split Wisconsin GOP under veto threat

FILE - Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, appears at the Wisconsin state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Jan. 4, 2021. Wisconsin Republicans who control the state Legislature are divided over whether to push for rape and incest abortion exceptions in the face of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' pledge to veto any bill that keeps the state's 173-year-old ban in place. (Amber Arnold/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)

FILE - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers speaks during an event attended by President Joe Biden at Henry Maier Festival Park in Milwaukee, Sept. 5, 2022. Wisconsin Republicans who control the state Legislature are divided over whether to push for rape and incest abortion exceptions in the face of Evers' pledge to veto any bill that keeps the state's 173-year-old ban in place. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

FILE - Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos talks to the media after Gov. Tony Evers addresses a joint session of the state Legislature in the Assembly chambers during his State of the State speech at the state Capitol, Feb. 15, 2022, in Madison, Wis. Wisconsin Republicans who control the legislature are divided over whether to push for rape and incest abortion exceptions in the face of Evers' pledge to veto any bill that keeps the state's 173-year-old ban in place. (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)

Abortion ban changes split Wisconsin GOP under veto threat