Senate fails to make Roe v. Wade law of land amid expected Supreme Court opinion curbing abortion rights

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : In a statement before the vote, Collins said, "I support codifying the abortion rights established by Roe v. Wade and affirmed by Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
43% : McConnell said Tuesday that within the Republican caucus, the majority sentiment is that abortion should be left to the states.
42% : The Senate failed Wednesday to pass a bill that would have made Roe v. Wade the law of the land, sinking the first legislative attempt to enshrine a national right to abortion since the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn the landmark decision.
41% : More: If Roe v. Wade is overturned, here's how abortion laws in each state will stand The bill, authored by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., would have made abortion legal nationally, superseding legislation passed by states to severely restrict or ban the procedure.
39% : The bill was not expected to pass, but Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., framed the vote as a way to put every member of the Senate on the record about their stance on abortion in the wake of the leaked decision.
34% : The vote allows Democrats in the Senate to draw a distinct comparison between themselves and Senate Republicans, most of whom are anti-abortion.
30% : "Any honest conversation about abortion must grapple with the fact that every abortion begins with two lives and destroys one of them," Sasse said on the Senate floor before the vote.
20% : Collins and Murkowski introduced their own abortion legislation this year, the Reproductive Choice Act, which would not go as far as the Women's Health Protection Act in guarding the right to abortion.

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