U.S. Senator Susan Collins says she supports codifying Roe v. Wade, but won’t show that support via her vote
Same old same old Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images If I were to tell you that, tomorrow, the House plans to vote on a bill that would codify Roe v. Wade, and that said bill might stand a chance in the Senate if some Republicans would give it their approval, do you think self-proclaimed abortion-rights advocate Susan Collins would get onboard? Given her outward statements that she “support[s] codifying Roe,” and all that? No, of course she wouldn’t.
Collins told reporters that the legislation on the table “goes way beyond” the codification goal by “severely” weakening protections for providers who do not offer abortion services for religious reasons.
The bulk of the bill’s text rebukes the myriad restrictions the religious right has devised over the years to winnow access: Under the WHPA, states could not make termination contingent upon the patient’s receipt of medically inaccurate information designed to dissuade them from going through with the procedure, for example, nor could states take clinics out of operation over the width of their hallways.
To Collins, however, the bill’s language occasionally borders on “extreme,” and she claims to be in talks with some of her colleagues to present a hypothetical alternative that “truly would codify Roe.” Unfortunately, the Women’s Health Protection Act will likely fail in the Senate without some Republican support, offering Collins the opportunity to do what she does best.
A pertinent example: Her statement, ahead of Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, that an openly anti-abortion candidate “would not be acceptable,” followed a few months later by her vote to confirm Kavanaugh. Never mind that Trump picked him with a very specific agenda in mind; never mind that, in the weeks leading up to his confirmation, a number of women came forward to accuse Kavanaugh of sexual assault.
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