NE Legislature Talks Abortion Procedure Ban and 'Grand Compromise'

What one bill would mean for people seeking abortions and how another bill might impact taxpayers and businesses.

CAME BACK INTOSESSION LAST MONTH -MANY SENATORS, ANDTHE GOVERNOR, SAIDTHEY NEED TO FOCUSON PASSING TWO BILLS -PROPERTY TAX RELIEFAND INCENTIVES TOBUSINESSES.BOTH BILLSFAILED TO GET VOTES.BUT TODAY THE TOPICSCAME BACK - AS SOMESENATORS PUT BOTHINTO ONE BILL...IN WHATTHEY CALLED THEGRAND COMPROMISE.REPORTER JON KIPPERTELLS US ABOUT THISCOMPROMISE ANDANOTHER POLARIZINGTOPIC OF DEBATE THISMORNING.JON OPEN"IT WAS ACONTROVERSIALWEDNESDAY IN LINCOLNAS SENATORS DEBATED ABILL THAT MANYCONSIDER A PRIORITY.ONE THAT COMBINESPROPERTY TAX REFORMWITH THE NEED TO GIVENEBRASKA BUSINESSESTAX BREAKS.NOW BEFORE THEY GOTTO ALL THAT DEBATED ABILL OVER ABORTION,SPECIFICALLY ONE THATWOULD BAN APROCEDURE, SOME CALLDISMEMBERMENTABORTION." BILLSPONSOR SUZANNEGEIST'S BILL TO BAN THEDILATION ANDEVACUATION ABORTIONMETHOD GOT ONE EXTRAVOTED THAN NEEDED TOEND DEBATE ANDADVANCE WEDNESDAY."WE'RE TALKING ABOUTELIMINATING APROCEDURE THAT ISBARBARIC, WE ARE NOTKEEPING WOMEN FROMGETTING A SECONDTRIMESTER ABORTION."SUZANNE GEIST,STATE SENATORTHE RARELY USEDPROCEDURE INVOLVES APHYSICIAN USINGFORCEPS TO TAKE AFETUS OUT OF THEWOMB.THE BILL PROHIBITS THEPROCEDURE IF THEFETUS IS ALIVE, UNLESSTHE LIFE OF THEMOTHER IS ATSTAKE.AMONG OTHERCONDITIONS.OPPONENTS SAYS ITMAKES IT A CRIME FORDOCTORS TO USE THEIRBEST JUDGEMENT.14 STATES HAVE PASSEDSIMILAR LEGISLATION.12 HAVE HAD THE BILLSTRUCK DOWN BY THECOURTS."STOP WASTING THISTIME IN A PANDEMIC ANDSAVE THE TAXPAYERSWHAT COULD BEMILLIONS IN DOLLARS INCOURT FEES THAT WE'REALMOST CERTAINLYGOING TO PAY BECAUSEAS SOON AS THIS LAW ISPASSED, THERE'S GOINGTO BE AN INJUNCTIONAND IT'S GOING TO BEOVERTURNED."MEGAN HUNT,STATE SENATORTHAT BILL NEEDS TOPASS TWO MOREROUNDS IN THEUNICAMERAL BEFORE ITGETS ON THEGOVERNORS DESK.THEN THE LEGISLATUREGOT TO WHAT SOMECALL, THE GRANDCOMPROMISE."THIS HELPS EVERYBODYIN THE STATE, IT HELPSUS CREATE MORE JOBS.IT HELPS AG, ANDBUSINESSES."LOU ANN LINEHAN,STATE SENATORTHE BILL COMBINESPROPERTY TAX RELIEFAND BUSINESSINCENTIVES...DITCHINGAN EARLIER EFFORT TOCHANGE THE WAYSCHOOLS ARE FUNDED.IT LOWERS PROPERTTAXES BY GIVING TAXCREDITS TO THOSE THATPAY TAXES TOSCHOOLS.GOING UPSUBSTANTIALLY AFTERFIVE YEARS.GRAPHICIT ALSO KEEPS THEPROPERTY TAX CREDITRELIEF FUND...AND IFCASINO GAMBLING ISPASSED...WOULD PUSHTHAT REVENUE TOPROPERT TAX RELIEF.GRAPHICUNLIKE SIMILAR BILLS INTHE PAST, SOMEDEMOCRATS ARE EVENON BOARD." WHEN I KNOCK DOORSIN RALSTON IN MILLARD,PEOPLE SAY LATHROP, INEED PROPERTY TAXRELIEF."STEVE LATHROP,STATE SENATORIT ALSO GIVESBUSINESSES INCENTIVESTO STAY IN NEBRASKA...INCREASING THE TOTALAMOUNT BY YEARTHREE.WHILEEVENTUALLY FUNDING AMASSIVE RENOVATIONPROJECT AT UNMC.GRAPHIC"I'LL BE HONEST, I DON'TNECESSARILY LOVEINCENTIVES, NO-ONEDOES.BUT WE'RE NAIVE TOTHINK THAT WE DON'THAVE ANYTHING INORDER TO ATTRACT NEWBUSINESS."JIM SCHEER,SPEAKERIN LINCOLN JON KIPPERSENATORS ARE STILLDEBATING RIGHT NOW - AVOTE IS EXPECTEDTONIGHT.TO OUR CORONAVIRUS