Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) CREDIT: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Last week, a proposed 20-week abortion ban didn’t get a vote in the House after a group of Republican women expressed concerns about its narrow exception for rape victims. And days later, the political conflict — which amounted to an embarrassing setback for Republicans on the same day that thousands of abortion opponents flooded the nation’s capital for the annual March for Life — is still simmering.