House GOP proposes three bills to restrict abortion

House Republicans proposed three bills that would restrict abortion rights, doing so Monday, the 39th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision granting those rights to women.

The bills also coincided with Monday's March for Life, in which thousands of anti-abortion-rights activists held a rally in Washington.

Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) introduced the first of the three bills, H.R. 3802, which would require abortion providers to obtain written certification from a woman seeking an abortion, then to wait 24 hours after that certification before performing the abortion.

The second bill, H.R. 3803, was introduced by Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), and would prevent abortions in Washington, D.C., of fetuses determined to be older than 20 weeks. Franks's bill has 49 co-sponsors.

Finally, Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) introduced H.R. 3805, with 44 co-sponsors. That bill would require women seeking an abortion to be given the chance to view an ultrasound of their unborn child before obtaining the abortion.