May 5, 2022, 02:58pm.
The Women's Health Protection Act will not be supported by Sen. Susan Collins when it comes up for a vote next week.
On May 4, 2022, Sen. Susan Collins speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington.
According to CNN and Punchbowl News, Collins told reporters that she believes that the Women's Health Protection Act is too broad and does not contain exemptions for Catholic hospitals to refuse to perform abortions on religious grounds.
Many restrictions on abortion have been imposed by states despite the Supreme Court's precedent, such as mandatory waiting periods and restrictions on medication abortion being administered via the internet.
Collins voted against the bill when it was brought up for a Senate vote in February.
In February, Collins and Murkowski introduced their own abortion rights bill, which would more narrowly preserve the right to the procedure, and would not undermine statutes that have been in place for decades.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Thursday the chamber wouldn't take up the bill because it was not looking to compromise on something as important as this.
Schumer said the Senate will vote on the bill next week. The bill is almost certain to fail as it needs 60 votes to pass, though Murkowski and Manchin have not yet commented on whether they will support it. Manchin and Sinema said Tuesday they are still opposed to abolishing the filibuster, even if Collins, Murkowski and Manchin all vote against it.
According to CNN, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) told reporters that there was nothing in the measure that detracts from existing protections.
45%. According to a Morning Consult/Politico poll conducted Tuesday, 29% of US adults are opposed to codifying abortion rights in federal legislation. According to polls, Americans are in favor of legal access to abortion.
The Senate has turned its attention back to abortion rights after a leaked draft opinion suggested a majority of justices were in favor of reversing the 1973 ruling. The report on the opinion, which Chief Justice John Roberts has confirmed is authentic but shouldn't be taken as a final ruling, immediately sparked calls from Democrats for Congress to codify abortion rights into law. Collins commented on the abortion bill for the first time on Thursday, but she previously said the draft opinion was completely inconsistent with what she was told by the Justices.
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A poll found that Americans want Congress to legalize abortion rights.
Susan Collins said that the draft Supreme Court abortion opinion was completely inconsistent.
Susan Collins was supported by abortion providers.
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