15 GOP Lawmakers Help Dems Override Veto of Alaska Bill that Could Expand Abortion

15 GOP lawmakers help Dems override veto of Alaska bill that could expand abortion

Despite sustained and coordinated opposition from pro-life advocates, the Alaska Legislature voted to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a controversial bill that could vastly expand abortion by allowing pharmacists to prescribe and distribute chemical abortion drugs throughout Alaska.

Dunleavy vetoes nine bills, but Alaska lawmakers override two in special session flurry

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy extended his record-high veto rate Thursday by vetoing nine of the 82 bills passed by lawmakers in the second year of the 34th Alaska State Legislature. Among the vetoed bills were measures that would have provided mental health lessons to kids in public schools, created a retirement plan for private-sector workers who don’t have one and updated the state’s corporate income tax system. Two of the vetoed bills — one expa…