With Roe Under Threat, House Plans to Vote on Bill to Counter Abortion Curbs

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Source: New York Times

House Democrats plan on Friday to push through broad legislation to uphold abortion rights, taking urgent action after a major Supreme Court setback as they brace for a ruling next year that could further roll back access to abortion nationwide.

Opponents of the law - including some Republicans who have supported abortion rights - argue that it would go far beyond the landmark court precedent, stripping states of much of their ability to regulate abortion and impose measures intended to make the procedure safe.

Senator Susan Collins of Maine, a Republican who backs abortion rights and was seen as a potential vote for the new bill, said she would not support it in its current form.

Multiple public opinion polls conducted since the Supreme Court agreed to take on the Mississippi case have reflected strong support for keeping abortion legal - nearly 60 percent in some surveys - though that support typically declines for abortions performed later in pregnancies

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/23/us/politics/abortion-bill-house.html

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1. K&R

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2. That's why I call them the Texas Taliban, they are basically the same.

Only difference is we support a half assed education for women in the basics and they support no education at all - that is the one and only difference outside the names and books used as props in their war for rwv straight male control.