Analysis: About three-fourths of House Republicans voted against all four bills ensuring rights to same-sex marriage and access to contraception and abortion.
Whether the votes will affect Democrats’ political prospects, Republicans largely gave them what they wanted. They voted overwhelmingly against legislation that would federally enshrine a right to contraception and abortion access. And while 47 Republicans voted for a federal law codifying same-sex marriage — spurring hope that the measure could also pass in the Senate and become law — more than three-fourths of the GOP voted against it.
In fact, more than 72 percent of Republicans — 153 out of 211 of them — voted no on all four. And nearly 78 percent didn’t cast one yes vote. Just 8 out of 211 House Republicans voted for more than one of the bills. Each of the eight voted for both the same-sex marriage bill and the contraception bill.
And three of them added a third yes vote on allowing people to cross state lines to obtain abortions. The three Republicans were retiring Reps. Fred Upton and Adam Kinzinger , along with moderate Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick , who is seeking reelection.Abortion is a divisive issue that is difficult to poll. One recent poll showed
of people support Congress passing a bill enshrining abortion rights into federal law after the fall of. But when asked a different way — about passing a federal law vs. leaving it up to the states — the response is
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