'Beyond Shameful': Manchin Joins Senate GOP--Again--to Block Abortion Rights

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Jessica Corbett is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia joined with Senate Republicans Wednesday to block a bill that would affirm abortion rights at the federal level as the U.S. Supreme Court's right-wing majority is poised to reverse Roe v. Wade in the weeks ahead.

' Timmaraju and Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, expressed gratitude for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and the other 48 senators who supported holding a final vote on the WHPA Wednesday, with the latter saying that 'they understand the stakes and what we stand to lose.' 'Overturning Roe is not the endgame of the anti-abortion movement,' Northup warned.

 

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