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The House passed a bill aiming at ensuring abortion access Friday and was set to vote on legislation protecting the ability of women seeking abortions to cross state lines, marking the first moves since the Supreme Court ended the federal right to the procedure.
The US House of Representatives passed a pair of bills on Friday aimed at protecting access to abortion.
The US House of Representatives passed a pair of bills on Friday aimed at protecting access to abortion.
U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. / ShutterstockWashington D.C., Jul 15, 2022 / 17:50 pm (CNA).The House of Representatives on Friday passed a sweeping abortion bill that would undo state restrictions on the procedure nationwide.The Democrat-led House also voted to approve legislation that would bar states where abortion is banned from making it a crime for women to obtain abortions in other states.The votes were largely symbolic taken with an eye toward pivotal mid-term elections in November. With Democrats in the Senate currently 10 votes short of the 60 votes needed to overcome a Repu...
This was the chamber's first legislative attempts at safeguarding the procedure after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade last month.