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Post by Admin on May 11, 2022 17:04:24 GMT
WATCH LIVE: Senate votes on federal abortion rights bill 685 watching now Started streaming 9 minutes ago
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Post by Admin on May 12, 2022 1:36:59 GMT
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate fell far short Wednesday in a rushed effort toward enshrining Roe v. Wade abortion access as federal law, blocked by a Republican filibuster in a blunt display of the nation's partisan divide over the landmark court decision and the limits of legislative action.
The almost party-line tally promises to be just the first of several efforts in Congress to preserve the nearly 50-year-old court ruling, which declares a constitutional right to abortion services but is at serious risk of being overturned this summer by a conservative Supreme Court.
President Joe Biden said that Republicans “have chosen to stand in the way of Americans’ rights to make the most personal decisions about their own bodies, families and lives.”
Biden urged voters to elect more abortion-rights lawmakers in November and pledged in the meantime to explore other ways to secure the rights established in Roe.
For now, his party's slim majority proved unable to overcome the filibuster led by Republicans, who have been working for decades to install conservative Supreme Court justices and end Roe v. Wade. The vote was 51-49 against proceeding, with 60 votes needed to move ahead.
Congress has battled for years over abortion policy, but the Wednesday vote to take up a House-passed bill was given new urgency after the disclosure of a draft Supreme Court opinion to overturn the Roe decision that many had believed to be settled law.
The outcome of the conservative-majority court's actual ruling, expected this summer, is sure to reverberate around the country and on the campaign trail ahead of the fall midterm elections that will determine which party controls Congress.
Security was tight at the Capitol where Vice President Kamala Harris presided, and it has been bolstered across the street at the Supreme Court after protesters turned out in force last week following the leaked draft.
Scores of House Democratic lawmakers marched protest-style to the Senate and briefly watched from the visitor galleries.
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Post by Admin on May 14, 2022 19:59:31 GMT
Clarence Thomas says leak changed the Supreme Court forever 90,432 views May 14, 2022 Justice Clarence Thomas expressed his dismay at the Roe v. Wade draft opinion leak while speaking at a conference hosted by the American Enterprise Institute.
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Post by Admin on Jun 28, 2022 1:39:24 GMT
Toobin reacts to Susan Collins' previous statements on Trump's SCOTUS picks 511,621 views Jun 26, 2022 CNN's chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin explains why he wasn't surprised at the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and explains the pivotal role Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) played in that ruling.
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Post by Admin on Jul 9, 2022 17:02:43 GMT
Biden issues executive order stepping up 'access to reproductive health care service' | GMA 4,942 views Jul 10, 2022 The president is getting pushback from activists on both sides of the abortion issue after signing an executive order aimed at protecting abortion access nationwide.
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