Democrats ready vote to legalize abortion after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says national ban 'possible.'
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"If you look at a constitutional or a national standard, that goes against that thrust of the states having prerogative," replied Hutchinson, chair of the National Governors Association."And secondly, I think there's some constitutional issues of a national standard as well as to what is the authority of the Constitution to enact that."With Democrats seizing McConnell's message, Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H.
The stunning leak out of the Supreme Court has offered Democrats a chance to focus on the judiciary and argue that Biden's judicial choices will be obstructed if Republicans regain control of the Senate, but it has also energized opponents of abortion rights, who have been waiting nearly 50 years for the court to strike down Roe.
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