Liberal abortion bill fails to clear Senate hurdle but puts Democrats on record

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% :Putting Democrats on the record on the bill, anti-abortion activists argued, would ultimately help them elect abortion opponents in November.
60% : Anti-abortion activists argued the bill goes beyond codifying Roe by undoing existing state laws.
47% : Sen. Steve Daines said at a press conference that "on an evening when the world is focused on the war that's going on in Ukraine and Vladimir Putin is overtaking the country of Ukraine, the United States Senate will be voting on the most extreme legislation on abortion ever considered in the history of this body.""It's no wonder you're seeing the Democrats polling data falling through the floor," the Montana senator and the founder of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus said.
46% : But the two Republicans introduced Monday the Reproductive Choice Act as an alternative to the bill, which they said would simply codify the Supreme Court's precedent in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
44% : The Women's Health Protection Act would make it a right for a woman to undergo an abortion procedure, and it would override certain state laws restricting abortion, including mandatory ultrasounds or waiting periods, bans on abortions via telemedicine, or requiring providers to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.
44% : Planned Parenthood Action Fund urged supporters on its website to contact their senators and tell them to support the "critical legislation," which it said would "protect the right to abortion throughout the United States and guard against the dangerous abortion bans and medically unnecessary abortion restrictions being pushed forward by state politicians."
41% : "At a time of growing pro-life momentum in state legislatures, national Democratic leaders' support for abortion on demand without limits, at taxpayer expense, is grossly out of step with the will of the American people.
40% : The Supreme Court last year heard oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a case concerning a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks, a case some analysts argue could prompt the court to revise or reconsider Roe.
39% : In doing so, the Act would rob the American people of their voice on this issue, even though an overwhelming majority (71%) including 49% of Democrats want to see abortion limited to - at most - the first three months of pregnancy.
31% : Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, who has a mixed record on the issue of abortion, voted to proceed with debate on the bill, adding in a statement he hoped the chamber would also consider ways to increase funding for mothers and infants.
29% : Congressional Democrats and the White House have argued the bill is necessary to counteract controversial restrictions such as a Texas law prohibiting abortion after six weeks, or potential changes to Roe, the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide.

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