Republicans are twisting themselves into pretzels talking about abortion There are some who do have their rationale at the ready, however: A Nebraska Republican state senator argued Wednesday for a six-week abortion ban by claiming there are too many foreigners living in the state, invoking a racist conspiracy theory. Since Roe v. Wadewas overturned, abortion is allowed in Nebraska up to 21 weeks and six days of pregnancy. But on Wednesday, the Senate began debating a bill that would ban abortion after six weeks, before many people even know they are pregnant. Senator Steve Erdman decided that the best argument in favor of the ban was the “great replacement theory,” which the Southern Poverty Law Center defines as a “racist conspiracy narrative [that] falsely asserts there is an active, ongoing, and covert effort to replace white populations in current white-majority countries.” “Our state population has not grown except by those foreigners who have moved here or refugees who have been placed here,” Erdman told the chamber. Erdman also said that all of the aborted fetuses “could be working and filling some of those positions that we have vacancies.” Don’t kid yourself. The Great Replacement theory is a major motivation for these abortion bans on the right. The Viktor Orban doctrine is all about that. I wonder if anyone has told Tim Scott about this?