Senate Democrats' attempt to codify Roe v. Wade into federal law failed Wednesday with Manchin as the lone Democrat to join every Republican to tank the bill.
into federal law resoundingly failed Wednesday, with one of Democrats' own members, Sen.joining every single Republicans to tank the legislation. The Women’s Health Protection Act was shot downnonetheless described as “one of the most consequential we’ve taken in decades.” Perhaps even more consequential, though, was the demonstration of how far Congress is from enshrining women's reproductive rights into law.
“The American people are watching; the public will not forget which side of the vote senators fall on today,” Schumer said on the Senate floor, addressing the body ahead of the vote. Schumer warned of an “open season” on Americans' “god given freedoms,” should the Supreme Court overturnwithout any Congressional action. “Today it will be Roe, tomorrow it will be a national ban on abortions.
Democrats brought the bill to the floor just over a week after a draft opinion by Supreme Court Justice
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