Abortion bill fails in U.S. Senate as Supreme Court weighs overturning Roe v. Wade

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Opinion polls have shown the right to abortion to be broadly popular.
43% : That, in turn, could bolster future attempts to legalize abortion through legislation.
42% : At least 26 states are certain or likely to ban abortion if the top court strikes down Roe, according to the Guttmacher Institute, which advocates for sexual and reproductive health rights.
40% : Democrats had sought to head off an impending Supreme Court opinion that is expected to overturn the nearly 50-year-old Roe v. Wade decision that established the national right to abortion.
39% : WASHINGTON - Legislation to make abortion legal throughout the United States was defeated in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, amid solid Republican opposition.
35% : Republican Senator John Cornyn called the legislation "a radical abortion-on-demand bill" that goes further than Roe v. Wade and "essentially makes abortion available on demand from the time of conception to the time of delivery."

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