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US House Passes Bills on Abortion Access

  • Photo taken on March 28, 2022 shows the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., the United States.

    Photo taken on March 28, 2022 shows the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., the United States. | Photo: Xinhua/Liu Jie

Published 15 July 2022
Opinion

The bills cleared the Democratic-led chamber largely along party lines, but are expected to fail in the Senate.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a pair of bills on Friday aimed at protecting access to abortion.

The bills cleared the Democratic-led chamber largely along party lines, but are expected to fail in the Senate.

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 Poll Shows Majority of Americans Reject Overturning Roe v. Wade

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the landmark Roe v. Wade last month, eliminating the constitutional protection of abortion rights for women in the nation.

Abortion has been one of the most divisive issues in the United States, with the ruling further splitting the nation.

Without Roe v. Wade, states are allowed to impose their own legislation on the medical procedure.

More than a dozen states, whose legislatures are controlled by Republicans, have enacted restrictive abortion laws or will have such legislation take effect in the coming weeks.

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