US Senate Blocks Bill Codifying Abortion Rights Into Law Amid Roe v. Wade SCOTUS Fallout

The Women's Health Protection Act is a Democrat-led bill that seeks to effectively codify a right to an abortion. Wednesday’s vote is widely viewed as a symbolic effort, as the matter would have to reach a 60-vote threshold in the evenly divided, 100-member chamber, and Democrats remain unable to reach a consensus on the issue.