The US House of Representatives has voted in favor of a federal right to abortion in the US – the bill is likely to fail in the Senate. MPs voted 219 to 210 in favor of the project on Friday.
In late June, the country’s highest court overturned the constitutional right to abortion. This allows state legislators or Congress to decide by law whether and how abortion is allowed or prohibited. There is currently no national law – the Democrats want to change that. But they lack the necessary majority in the Senate.
Right destroyed by historic decision
In late June, a 1973 Supreme Court ruling affirmed that abortion rights were legal across the country until the fetus was viable. That decision was overturned by the court’s conservative majority in a landmark decision. The result is a patchwork of regulations. Abortion is now largely banned in many states.
Democrats tried unsuccessfully in May to enshrine the right to abortion in a federal law. At that time, a draft of the verdict had already become public, which already indicated that the judges wanted to abolish the right to abortion. Democrats hope to mobilize the issue ahead of the fall congressional election.
Polls are predicting a gain in votes for Republicans. Some of them are campaigning for legislation to ban abortion across the country.
Source: Krone
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