This week, Democrats welcomed Pope Francis to Washington in the way they know best — by filibustering a bill to ban bone-crushing late-term abortions.

The 20-week abortion ban, which is based on the point in gestation when babies in the womb can feel pain, received 54 votes in the Senate. That’s a majority of senators, but fewer than the 60 needed to proceed to a final vote. Only three of the Senate’s 42 Democrats voted in favor.