U.S. House Democrats advance abortion rights bill, Senate passage unlikely
Source: Reuters
Representatives advanced a bill on Tuesday that would protect the right to abortion and annul some new restrictions passed by Republican-controlled state governments.
If the "Women's Health Protection Act" passes the Democratic-controlled House, it is unlikely to succeed in the 100-member Senate, where Republicans also are a minority but hold enough votes to prevent it from reaching the 60-vote threshold to pass most legislation.
Democrats sent the bill to the full House after a law took effect in Texas early this month that almost completely bans abortion in the state.
The right to abortion was established in the Supreme Court's landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, but abortion-rights advocates fear it could be overturned when the court, now with a 6-3 conservative majority, hears Mississippi's bid to overturn that decision.
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