Georgia Rep. Doug Collins isn’t giving up on a bill that outlaws abortions in Georgia 20 weeks after conception.The bill seemed to die earlier this week, when House Speaker David Ralston said that the House wasn’t going to adopt the version the Senate passed Monday.Today is the last day of the state’s legislative session, and there is little time for the two chambers to reconcile their versions.Collins, who co-sponsored it, is taking the anything-can-happen approach, and says he’s hopeful there will be resolution by the end of today. In fact, Collins said it could “very easily” come back from the dead.“No bill — and especially this one — is dead until the sine die gavel hits,” Collins said.Collins, seeking Georgia’s newest congressional seat, will take his last vote today as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives.The original proposal from Republican Rep. Doug McKillip and co-signed by Collins would have banned most abortions five months into a pregnancy. That bill made exceptions for when a pregnancy threatened the mother’s life or physical health.
Collins not giving up on abortion bill