WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bill that would make abortion legal in the United States was rejected in a Senate vote Wednesday amid strong opposition from Republicans.
The Democrats passed the law in Roe v. Wade, around 50, founded the national right to abortion, but the proposal never had much of a chance of success.
With 49 votes in favor and 51 against, the “Women’s Health Protection Act” was 11 votes short of the 60 votes needed for full debate in the Senate.
All 50 Republicans voted to block the bill. They also had the support of Democratic Senator Joe Manchin.
Before the vote, more than two dozen House Democrats, mostly women, marched from the House to the Senate, chanting “My body, my decision”. They then entered the Senate and sat quietly along a back wall as the senators debated abortion rights.
Despite the defeat, the Democrats voted that opinion polls voted Roe v. wade.
This, in turn, could support future attempts to legalize abortion through legislation.
The decades-long battle over abortion rights in the United States raged last week in the Supreme Court’s soon-to-be Roe v. wade.
Such a decision would leave it to each state to determine its abortion policies.
source: Noticias
