Democrats' bill would make Roe v. Wade law and expand it

  • Anti-scaling fencing blocks off the stairs to the Supreme Court Tuesday in Washington. Abortion legislation facing a Senate test vote would enshrine into federal law the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide. Senate Democrats are moving quickly to try to codify the 50-year-old ruling after a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion suggested the court is poised to overturn the case.

    Anti-scaling fencing blocks off the stairs to the Supreme Court Tuesday in Washington. Abortion legislation facing a Senate test vote would enshrine into federal law the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide. Senate Democrats are moving quickly to try to codify the 50-year-old ruling after a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion suggested the court is poised to overturn the case. Associated Press

 
By MARY CLARE JALONICK
Associated Press
Associated Press
 
 
Updated 5/11/2022 8:19 AM

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says Democrats' abortion legislation is "very simple," as it would enshrine into federal law the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide.

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