House scheduled to vote on Friday on two bills aimed at protecting abortion rights in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the Roe v. Wade.
and a wave of bans in other states. The bill was narrowly approved in a party-line vote, but it has faced a dead end in the Senate, where the 60-vote procedural hurdle has allowed Republicans to block it from advancing. Republicans in that chamber have alreadyHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Thursday that Democrats are taking action to defend the right to productive freedom.
"Women’s health decisions are her own," she said at her weekly press conference. "They don’t belong to politicians in Washington, D.C. or in state capitols or in the Supreme Court of the United States. They belong to a woman, her family, her God, her doctor, her loved ones.
. Members of the panels heard testimony about abortion providers worried about breaking state laws that restrict abortions and concerns over access. Republicans, meanwhile, emphasized that the Supreme Court’s ruling simply handed the issue back to state legislatures. President Joe Biden signed an executive order last week that aims to safeguard access to reproductive health care services, including
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