Senate will take up bill to codify Roe next week despite certain defeat

Published May 4, 2022 4:28pm ET



The Senate is slated to take up legislation next week aimed at codifying the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade abortion decision after a leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion indicated justices are prepared to overturn the nearly half-century precedent, a senior Democratic source confirmed to the Washington Examiner.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has vowed to do everything in his power to prevent limitations to abortion following the bombshell Politico report, repeatedly taking aim at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for his role in confirming conservative judges to the high court while Republicans held the majority.

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