The House on Friday again passed the Women’s Health Protection Act, a sweeping abortion rights bill that has already been passed by the chamber this Congress. It goes on to face dim prospects in the Senate.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi touted the House’s second passage of the same bill this Congress and argued the matter is an election issue to pass the bill in the Senate.
Proponents of the bill say it codifies the standards previously set by Roe into law, while opponents contend it would go beyond what Roe permitted by undoing state-level restrictions that had previously been upheld by the courts when Roe was in place. Sen. Joe Manchin , who considers himself personally anti-abortion but backed the legal standard set by Roe, broke ranks with his party to oppose the bill, arguing it went beyond Roe.
The Dobbs ruling prompted or renewed calls from some Senate Democrats and liberal activists for changes to filibuster rules to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act or other abortion rights legislation, but the party is unable to do so as long as Manchin and Sinema remain in support of the filibuster.
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