A bill to protect the right to have an abortion in the United States died in the Senate on Monday after it failed to garner enough Republican support to pass a procedural vote.
While the Women's Health Protection Act was expected to fail, Democratic leaders were under pressure from constituents to put it to a vote anyway in a show of support for federal abortion rights, as the U.S. Supreme Court could soon upend those rights.
Abortion opponents characterized the bill as radical and said it would nullify state laws that have been passed to restrict abortions. Abortion is poised to be a key campaign issue for members of Congress running for re-election in 2022.
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