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LINCOLN, Nebraska (LifeSiteNews) — Nebraska moved one step closer to saving babies from abortion after Republicans increased their majority in the state legislature on Tuesday. A 33-seat majority would give Republicans a filibuster-proof margin and allow for conservative priorities such as an abortion ban to move forward.

“Those include bills to ban or further restrict abortion, allow carrying of concealed weapons without a state permit or training, and provide a state tax break for contributions to private schools,” the Nebraska Examiner reported.

The Examiner said that as long as the current election results remain the same, Republicans will have a super majority.

Republican legislators abandoned an effort in August to pass a 12-week abortion ban because they lacked enough votes to overcome a filibuster. Governor Pete Ricketts supported passing the pro-life legislation.

READ: Here’s what pro-lifers can do to keep anti-abortion momentum following the midterms

“It is deeply saddening that only 30 Nebraska state senators are willing to come back to Lincoln this fall in order to protect innocent life,” he wrote in a statement at the time. “The proposal to change Nebraska’s state law that prohibits abortions starting at 20 weeks and reduce that to 12 weeks is a measured, reasonable step to protect more preborn babies in our state.”

The new governor supports protect preborn babies from abortion.

The state elected pro-life Catholic Jim Pillen to the governor’s mansion on Tuesday.

“I believe life begins at conception and that Nebraska should advance a culture of life and protect the unborn,” Pillen’s campaign website states. “I am committed to protecting Nebraska’s most vulnerable. I oppose taxpayer money funding organizations that commit abortions, and support adoption options for mothers and families in crisis.”

Pro-abortion Vox also predicted the state could pass limits on abortion.

“Elizabeth Nash, who tracks state policy for Guttmacher Institute, said anti-abortion Republicans in Nebraska felt ‘burned’ after their failure to pass abortion restrictions in the immediate aftermath of the Dobbs decision and would likely make it a priority in the coming legislative session,” the website reported.

“I think they are very eager,” she told Vox. “If they feel comfortable, they will try to ban abortion.”

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