{"id":1951799,"date":"2023-06-20T11:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T15:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-push-for-increased-abortion-access-ahead-of-roe-reversal-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2023-06-20T11:56:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T15:56:51","slug":"democrats-push-for-increased-abortion-access-ahead-of-roe-reversal-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-push-for-increased-abortion-access-ahead-of-roe-reversal-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats advocate for expanded abortion access ahead of the anniversary of Roe v. Wade reversal."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-push-for-increased-abortion-access-ahead-of-roe-reversal-anniversary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1951799&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Saturday Marks One-Year Anniversary of Supreme Court Ruling on Abortion<\/h2>\n<p>Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court\u2019s <strong>Dobbs vs. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/strong> ruling, which ended nationwide access to abortion and returned the question of the procedure\u2019s legality to elected branches of government.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling had immediate effects in several states, with lawmakers across the country seeking to enact stricter restrictions on the procedure or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/large-majorities-of-americans-continue-to-favor-substantial-abortion-restrictions\/\" title=\"Large Majorities of Americans Continue to Favor Substantial Abortion Restrictions\">ban abortion altogether<\/a>. At least 14 states have enacted partial or total bans, while others have implemented restrictions.<\/p>\n<h3>Efforts to Protect Abortion Access<\/h3>\n<p>Meanwhile, some efforts are still pending while bans have been blocked by courts and state Democrats seek to expand access and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-texas-hand-biden-a-lifeline\/\" title=\"Did Texas Hand Biden a Lifeline?\">codify abortion rights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To mark the one-year anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court ruling, congressional Democrats are reviving efforts to protect abortion access ahead of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-are-starting-to-panic-after-poll-shows-party-losing-influence-over-hispanic-voters\/\" title=\"Democrats Are Starting To Panic After Poll Shows Party Losing Influence Over Hispanic Voters\">crucial election cycle<\/a>. Abortion emerged as a major topic during the midterm elections, which many in the party credit for their better-than-expected performance.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, House Democrats are hoping to force their GOP counterparts into a tough position by introducing a discharge petition to advance legislation that would protect access to abortion nationwide. A group of Democrats plans to file the petition sometime this week to advance the <strong>Women\u2019s Health Protection Act<\/strong>, utilizing an increasingly common mechanism used by Democrats to trigger a floor vote even without the support of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).<\/p>\n<p>The effort is being led by Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Barbara Lee (D-CA), the co-chairwomen of the Pro-Choice Caucus, as well as the bill\u2019s sponsor, Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA). The legislation would codify abortion rights nationwide before fetal viability, ensuring access to the procedure in every state.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe trio has been working closely with Democratic leadership to make the legislation a priority to help countless Americans who are suffering as a result of the GOP abortion bans that are now in place in several states across the country,\u201d a spokesperson for DeGette said. \u201cThe Women\u2019s Health Protection Act, which was approved by the House twice last Congress, would restore the protections that were in place under Roe v. Wade by codifying a nationwide right to abortion care. Poll after poll shows that more than two-thirds of the country supports women\u2019s right to abortion care.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Under House rules, lawmakers can use a discharge petition to move a bill to the floor for consideration without committee approval if the legislation has been introduced and referred to a standing committee for at least 30 days. To do so, lawmakers must get a majority of the House \u2014 in this case, 218 members \u2014 to sign a petition to consider the bill on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>That means if all Democrats sign the discharge petitions, the party would only need signatures from five Republicans to bring the legislation to the floor. The bill is unlikely to garner that support because no Republicans voted for the measure when it was brought to the floor last summer.<\/p>\n<p>Party leaders are seeking to use that vote to put vulnerable Republicans in an uncomfortable position, especially those running in districts won by President Joe Biden in 2020 that are largely supportive of abortion rights.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in the Senate, Democrats are looking at a number of measures to bring to the floor this week with a similar purpose: campaign messaging.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) is expected to lead an effort to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-push-for-increased-abortion-access-ahead-of-roe-reversal-anniversary\/\" title=\"Democrats advocate for expanded abortion access ahead of the anniversary of Roe v. Wade reversal.\">introduce multiple unanimous consent bills<\/a> on the Senate floor this week to commemorate the Dobbs anniversary. The measures include efforts to codify contraception access, allow women to cross state lines to obtain an abortion, ensure data privacy, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leaked-draft-opinion-suggests-supreme-court-voted-to-overturn-roe-v-wade\/\" title=\"Leaked draft opinion suggests Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade\">provide legal protection<\/a> to doctors who perform abortions for patients who traveled from outside the state.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAs we mark the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court ripping away a woman\u2019s right to an abortion, Senate Democrats will make plain to the American people the devastating consequences and chaos that decision has inflicted on millions of women in this country,\u201d Murray said in a statement. \u201cSenate Democrats will force Republicans to go on the record once again, and explain to the American people why they refuse to codify our right to contraception, why they refuse to let women travel across state lines for lifesaving health care \u2014 as we fight to get the votes we need to restore Roe, it\u2019s imperative that we make plain to the country just how extreme and dangerous Republicans\u2019 anti-abortion agenda is.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday marks one year since the Supreme Court&#8217;s Dobbs vs. Jackson Women&#8217;s Health Organization ruling, halting abortion access nationwide. The decision shifted the legality debate to elected branches of government. Numerous states swiftly responded with stricter regulations, as lawmakers nationwide sought to impose tighter restrictions on the procedure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1951800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4310,8343,11898,4143,3685,13623,11257,8350,9577],"class_list":["post-1951799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-abortion","tag-access","tag-advocate","tag-anniversary","tag-democrats","tag-expanded","tag-reversal","tag-roe","tag-wade"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1951799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1951800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1951799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1951799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1951799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}