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Name: Abortion protection bill shut down by Republican majority in US Senate
Uploaded: 2022-05-12T00:49:30.767Z
Duration: 1 min 49 s
Description: A rushed effort to enshrine Roe v Wade as United States federal law was voted down in the Senate, just 11 votes short of the 60 required to pass the motion. Democrats had sought to head off an impending Supreme Court opinion that is expected to overturn the nearly 50-year-old Roe v Wade decision that established the national right to abortion.

Abortion protection bill shut down by Republican majority in US Senate

Published 12 May 2022, 12:36 am

A rushed effort to enshrine Roe v Wade as United States federal law was voted down in the Senate, just 11 votes short of the 60 required to pass the motion. Democrats had sought to head off an impending Supreme Court opinion that is expected to overturn the nearly 50-year-old Roe v Wade decision that established the national right to abortion.

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