GET ME REWRITE: GOP House members fight crime and inflation by passing bill subjecting some abortion doctors to prosecution

 

Top headline:  NBC, 10/18/2022

Bottom headline:  New York Times, 1/11/2023

The measure, the second policy bill Republicans have brought to the floor since taking control, has no chance of passage in the Democratic-controlled Senate. Its consideration was an early effort by the G.O.P. to appeal to its conservative base, which has made opposition to abortion rights a litmus test, without alienating a broader group of more moderate voters that recoiled last year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, helping Democrats hold off an expected red wave.

According to Merriam-Webster, the first known use of 'litmus test', as in being under obligation for a favor or gift : INDEBTED, occurred in 1913.

Other coinages from the same year include:

• blooey
• duck-billed dinosaur
• fud
• lunatic fringe
• nongenital
• overobvious
• tragic flaw

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But wait, there's more!

Gearing up elsewhere:

Nationally

Alabama

Florida

Nebraska.  

Tennessee.

Texas

Wisconsin