It’s springtime in D.C., which can only mean one thing. Time for Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) to introduce, yet again, his bill that would prohibit D.C. women seeking abortions from doing so after 20 weeks. Franks, who proposed the same measure last year—it was not passed by the full House—introduced this year’s model on Friday before the lower chamber broke for a spring recess.

Franks’ bill, the “District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act,” cites widely disputed evidence that fetuses can feel pain after 20 weeks. Last year, Franks’ measure was used to torpedo a budget autonomy bill. He also refused to extend Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton the chance to argue against the bill during a committee hearing.

This time around, Franks, who has 93 Republican cosponsors, is giving it a news peg. The Associated Press reports that Franks says his bill is more urgent now because of the ongoing criminal trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, an abortion provider in Philadelphia who is accused of killing babies after they were born alive.

Norton got wind of Franks’ rehashed legislation earlier this month. In an April 17 statement from her office, Norton said she and other pro-choice and pro-D.C. advocates are ready to mount their opposition again. “The pro-choice movement … is unified, and with them, we will combat the insatiable Republican obsession with interfering with the rights of women in our city, as we have successfully done before,” Norton said.