Nebraska has enacted two new measures making it harder for a woman to obtain an abortion. On Tuesday, Republican Governor Dave Heineman signed bills that bar abortions after twenty weeks of pregnancy and require women seeking an abortion to first undergo screening for mental problems and other issues. If maintained, the restrictions will take effect in October. Pro-choice groups say the laws are unprecedented and will be challenged in court. Nancy Northup of the Center for Reproductive Rights said, “It absolutely cannot survive a challenge without a change to three decades of court rulings. Courts have been chipping away at abortion rights…This would be like taking a huge hacksaw to the rights.”