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Pelosi will bring vote on bill codifying abortion protections in response to Texas restrictions

By Emily Brooks
Published September 2, 2021 5:53pm ET
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Pelosi will bring vote on bill codifying abortion protections in response to Texas restrictions
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters following escalation of tensions this week between the U.S. and Iran, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House will vote Thursday on a measure limiting President Donald Trump's ability to take military action against Iran as Democratic criticism of the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general intensified. | AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she will bring up a bill that would enshrine into federal law sweeping protections for abortion procedures, essentially codifying the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, when Congress returns later this month.

The move is a response to a restrictive Texas abortion law that the Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to block from going into effect.

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