The compromise legislation
attempts to find a middle ground by creating a federal right to abortion up to viability, while preserving conscience provisions that would continue to exempt health care providers with religious objections.Of note: The legislation does not define viability, leaving it to a patients' health care provider to decide at which point "there is a realistic possibility of maintaining and nourishing a life outside the womb."Kaine acknowledges that the measure faces long odds in the Senate, but he tells Axios he's holding out hope that the shock of the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe will create room for compromise.after the massacre in Uvalde, Texas.
"We don't have 60 votes now, but we didn't have 60 votes on the gun bill a couple months ago," Kaine says. "That catastrophic nature —
Murkowski is history as a Conservative. She just wants to sink the ship before grabbing a lifeboat. At this point, it’s all about the $$$.
Outstanding
SenSusanCollins needs to fix her mess!
RFrentner You can't trust Susan Collins she's another Sinema.
Oh, so is Susan “very concerned” now?
The bill, which faces long odds in the Senate, would create a federal right to abortion up to 'viability' as defined by patients’ health providers. It would also require states to allow abortions post-viability to protect the health of the mother.
Susan Collins? Wouldn’t it have been easier for her not to vote to confirm Kavanaugh? This is all theater for her. She’s evil.
This bill proposal is still born. It needs Roe v. Wade to survive. Now without Roe v. Wade it is not going to make it.
Murkowski and Collins working for reproductive health rights?