No clear path for Democrats’ sweeping abortion rights bill after Dobbs decision

Published July 5, 2022 12:00am ET



A Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that struck down the high court’s nearly 50-year-old ruling in Roe v. Wade appears to have left little changed for Senate Democrats, who likely remain unable to pass their sweeping abortion rights bill.

Senate Democrats, including Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who considers himself personally anti-abortion and has backed certain abortion restrictions, shared outraged statements about the ruling on June 24. Some Democratic activists called for the Senate to take legislative action in response. But the math on their abortion rights bill appears unchanged.

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