With an election looming, activists and providers worry that this could soon change: Under the strange rules governing the capital, Congress can simply ignore the locals and enact municipal laws, meaning a Republican trifecta could quickly lead to a D.C. ban. That’s what some anti-abortion organizations are calling for. And while Donald Trump now says the issue should be up to states, the nation’s capital isn’t a state. Trump’s own GOP platform vows to “reassert greater Federal Control over Washington, D.C.”
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