Twenty are expanding, including Republicans Brian Sandoval of Nevada, Susana Martinez of New Mexico, Jack Dalrymple of North Dakota and even, on Monday, Ohio's John Kasich.

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North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple, a Republican, characterized his state's new law as "a legitimate attempt by a state legislature to discover the boundaries" of the Roe decision.

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The measure requiring doctors with hospital-admitting privileges to perform abortions and the so-called fetal heartbeat and fetal pain bills were the first to reach Gov. Jack Dalrymple's desk Monday afternoon.

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John Kasich in Ohio, Jan Brewer in Arizona and Rick Synder in Michigan are also having trouble moving Medicaid legislation, and Jack Dalrymple in North Dakota is the only Republican so far who has sold a GOP legislature on expansion.

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