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Decades of bills protecting civil rights, and more recently, voting rights reforms and an assault weapons ban, for example, have been stymied by failure to reach 60 votes in the 100-person Senate ...
Congress Short title Bill number(s) Date introduced Sponsor(s) # of cosponsors Latest status 113th Congress: Women's Health Protection Act of 2013 H.R. 3471: November 11, 2013 Judy Chu (D-CA) 132 Died in committee. S. 1696: November 11, 2013 Richard Blumenthal(D-CT) 35 Died in committee. 114th Congress: Women's Health Protection Act of 2015 H.R ...
Since Dobbs, Congress has introduced bills related to abortion. House Democrats passed two bills on July 15 to enhance abortion access. The first, the Women's Health Protection Act of 2022, would prevent states from restricting abortions and burdening abortion providers. The second, the Ensuring Access to Abortion Act of 2022, would prevent ...
The issue of abortion became a key issue in the concurrent 2024 United States Senate election in Maryland, in which Democratic nominee Angela Alsobrooks heavily criticized Republican nominee Larry Hogan for his 2022 veto of the Abortion Care Access Act. [24] Despite this, both candidates said they would vote for Question 1. [26] [27]
The House will vote on two bills aimed at protecting abortion rights in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. House passes bills to protect abortion rights, measures ...
The vote on the Women's Health Protection Act, which has passed the House, is all but certain to fail, with just 49 senators expected to support the measure. Senate to vote on nationwide abortion ...
It prohibits the use of Federal funds "to pay for any abortion or to cover any part of the costs of any health plan that includes coverage of abortion", except in cases of rape, incest, or danger to the life of the mother, [31] and was included in the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on November 7, 2009. However, the Senate bill ...
President Biden on Thursday said the Supreme Court’s decision to turn abortion law over to the states was an “outrageous” move that threw more than women’s rights and medical decisions ...