Senate Rejects Democratic Bill To Codify Abortion Rights

[Franklin Pierce]

Feb. 28, 2022, 5:32 PM CST

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted 46-48 Monday to block a bill pushed by Democrats to codify abortion rights into federal law ahead of an expected Supreme Court decision that could limit access to the procedure.

The legislation, the Women’s Health Protection Act, failed to garner the needed 60 votes to overcome a filibuster and would have fallen short of the 50 votes needed for passage after Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., joined Republicans in opposition.

The Women’s Health Protection Act has 48 Democratic cosponsors; the exceptions are Manchin and Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa. Casey voted to begin debate on the measure. Six senators did not vote.

The legislation, which passed the House in September, represented the last best hope for supporters to see a law enacted that would ensure abortion remains legal in all 50 states. Should the justices overturn Roe, it would trigger restrictive laws in 26 states and allow legislators in others to curtail or outlaw the practice of terminating a pregnancy.

Senate rejects Democratic bill to codify abortion rights

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

A bit of good news for a change.

 

[lukeneyland]

Abortion is the nastiest thing that our country does

 

[rjd970]

I have zero doubts anybody's mind is willing to change on abortion, but I am curious as to how either side of the debate would feel if they were in the situation this couple experienced. Did the couple suffer needlessly? Does the Ohio law need refinement? Is the life of this unborn child sacred?

Ohio abortion law meant weeks of 'anguish,' 'agony' for couple whose unborn child had organs outside her body | CNN

 

[volfanhill]

I have zero doubts anybody's mind is willing to change on abortion, but I am curious as to how either side of the debate would feel if they were in the situation this couple experienced. Did the couple suffer needlessly? Does the Ohio law need refinement? Is the life of this unborn child sacred?

Ohio abortion law meant weeks of 'anguish,' 'agony' for couple whose unborn child had organs outside her body | CNN

Law needs to be re-written

 

[McDad]

Law needs to be re-written

Law needs to be rescinded. Allow the adults making the decisions to work unfettered with their physicians providing the care.

Who in their right mind would want a baby brought to term with organs outside of their body? Nobody. And yet it happens because people's common sense goes out the window once a law is on the books.

 

[Orangeburst]