A final decision by the Supreme Court on the overthrow of the right to abortion is expected in June. Democrats hope the right to abortion will get voters moving in the fall by-elections.
12.5. 08:24 • Updated May 12th. 11:02
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Democratic Party used its last chance on Wednesday to secure the right to abortion in the United States.
The Democrat bill, the Women’s Health Protection Act, failed as expected in the Senate. The bill would have enshrined the right to abortion in national law before the Supreme Court had time to publish its decision, which is likely to transfer decision-making power to the states.
All Republican Senators and one Democratic Senator, Joe Manchin, opposed the law. Even if all Democrats had voted in favor of the law, it would not have passed. Due to the practice of delaying speeches, at least ten Republicans should have voted in favor of the law to get the Democrats the required 60 votes.
Because the right to abortion divided the parties tightly into two camps, the vote was mostly spectacular. Democratic leader Chuck Schumer justified its need shortly before the vote by recalling that the result of the vote would remain in the history books.
– The people do not forget which side the senators have been on. The people will not forget who voted to defend their rights, Schumer said.
Democratic politicians hope that the abortion dispute will mobilize party supporters in the autumn by-elections.
However, that seems unlikely. In Texas, for example, the strict abortion law that came into effect in September has not significantly increased the number of Democrat politicians Beto O´Rourken support for the state governor.
An abortion torture seems to shatter the confidence of Democratic voters in the system.
– This is a scary moment, we’re on the edge again. We escaped the first wave of trumpism, but this second can scrap our democracy, he says Steve Parladowho has been demonstrating before the Supreme Court every day.
Conservative majority the court is expected to officially overthrow the right to abortion during June. The overthrow of national law transfers decision-making power to the Länder.
About half of the states plan to restrict or abolish the right to abortion if the Supreme Court frees it. In addition, many states are considering laws that would prohibit the mailing of abortion pills to the states.