Conversation so far:
What were Sam's abortion views?
anti-abortion.
What did Sam do to fight against abortions?
Brownback signed three anti-abortion bills in 2011.
What did these bills say?
he signed a bill banning abortion after 21 weeks, and a bill requiring that a doctor get a parent's notarized signature before providing an abortion to a minor.
Did these have a big effect?
CANNOTANSWER.
How were these new laws received?
CANNOTANSWER.

Question: What else did you find interesting?
Self-contained rewrite: What else did you find interesting other than the anti-abortion bills?