Senator Chuck Schumer announced he would 'take action' and bring the Women's Health Protection Act to the floor for its first vote later this month.
The U.S. Senate will finally move the Women’s Health Protection Act closer to a vote at the end of the month.
a bill that would federally protect the right to abortion until “viability,” wasAdvertisementwill not be a vote on the substance of the bill. It will instead be the Senate’s first procedural move on determining whether or not the chamber will start debate. “Across the country, the assault on women’s healthcare has intensified to levels not seen in decades—so the Senate is going to vote when we return on February 28 to take action,” SchumerAlthough it is expected that Senate Republicans will vote against even allowing debate, at least one senator who’s no friend to abortion advocates said he will vote in favor of debating the legislation.
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