Roe vs Wade vs SCOTUS legitimacy

[Belsnickel]

(05-12-2022, 05:30 PM)hollodero Wrote: I have to say though, just catching up on that I have to wonder about the Democrat's strategy here. This bill was not the legislative version of Roe, but an expansion. This is, imho, just unexplicable timing for trying a progressive step, almost as if they want to guarantee failure.

Why not just put the law forward Manchin and those two republicans stated they'd agree to? 

So, the bill is said to be an expansion by its opponents but really isn't one. What is considered to be an expansion is the inclusion of rules that prohibit attempts by states to work around the law under Roe by saying they can't put in place policies that unnecessarily target abortion providers to shut them down as has happened in many states. There is a reason that abortion providers are few and far between in some states under Roe, and it is because of these loopholes that the Senate attempted to close in the bill. It would leave healthcare decisions up to healthcare providers and their patients and would prohibit medically unnecessary burdens put in place by lawmakers.

As for a more narrow bill, it will never pass. The GOP would filibuster any attempt to codify Roe. Manchin and everyone else in the Senate knows this.