US Senate Again Refuses to Pass Federal Abortion Law: Bishops Relieved; Biden Adamant

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : While backers claimed the bill would have simply codified current Supreme Court abortion precedent, it in fact would go far beyond and threaten existing laws that limit abortion.
44% :"It would invalidate widely supported laws that protect women and unborn children from an unscrupulous abortion industry, would force all Americans to support abortion here and abroad with their tax dollars, and seeks to force religious hospitals and health care professionals to perform abortions against their beliefs," said Archbishop Lori and Cardinal Dolan.
44% : "Americans overwhelmingly support commonsense pro-life protections and limits on abortion, but Democrats are doubling down on taxpayer-funded, unlimited abortion on demand up to the moment of birth," said Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel.
43% : While abortion is strongly rejected in Catholic teaching, Archbishop Lori and Cardinal Dolan emphasized that legal abortion is also contrary to Americans' understanding of God-given rights: "As a nation built on the recognition that every human being is endowed by its Creator with the unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, we implore Congress to stop pushing abortion as a solution to the needs of women and young girls, and instead embrace public policy that fully respects and facilitates these rights and the needs of both mother and child."
39% : They said the proposed legislation was "an utterly unjust and extreme measure that would impose abortion on demand nationwide at any stage of pregnancy through federal statute.""We are relieved that the Senate vote to advance this bill failed for the second time in less than three months," Archbishop Lori and Cardinal Dolan said.
38% : An expansive abortion bill that would declare abortion a human right, undercut existing state pro-life laws, and force objecting doctors to perform abortions, again failed to pass the U.S. Senate on Wednesday.
38% : While surveys indicate that many Americans support the Roe v. Wade decision, they simultaneously support limits on abortion that are not currently allowed.
37% : The bill would also have forced insurers and employers to cover for or pay for abortion.
36% : The proposal was Democrats' response to a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that suggests justices will overturn Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion nationwide in 1973, and related precedents.
31% : While leading Catholic bishops called on Congress to stop pushing abortion, President Joe Biden called on voters to support candidates in favor of abortion rights in upcoming Senate races and pledged to sign the bill into law.
28% : Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore, the chair of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, and Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, chair of the bishops' Committee for Religious Liberty, said May 11: "More than 60 million unborn children have already lost their lives to abortion, and countless women suffer from the physical and emotional trauma of abortion.
26% : "Pro-abortion Democrats are dramatically out of touch with the American people, who overwhelmingly reject abortion on demand until birth," Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser said, adding, "Radical pro-abortion lawmakers who shamefully advocate a 'right' to abortion at any time for any reason will see the consequences of their extremism at the ballot box this fall."

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