WEAK Democrats Appease Republicans Instead Of Protecting Women’s Rights
May 6, 2022
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as posted by the channelConnecticut Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal appeased the right wing’s antichoice abortion fervor by watering down the language in a new abortion access bill in hopes of gaining any Republican support as well as conservative Democrats like Joe Manchin. Some of the provisions excluded from the bill include language linking abortion access to white supremacy and gender oppression, as well as protections for transgender men and members of the nonbinary community. Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola discuss on The Young Turks. Watch LIVE weekdays 68 pm ET.
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"Senate Democrats are gearing up for an abortion-rights vote next week in response to the breach of a draft opinion that showed a Supreme Court majority prepared to overturn Roe v. Wade. They fully expect it to fall short of even 50 votes.
In the wake of POLITICO’s report on the draft opinion, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer teed up a bill that would enshrine federal protections for abortion access, despite nearly identical legislation failing in the Senate at the end of February. And even as progressives on and off the Hill clamor for action to codify Roe before the Supreme Court has a chance to eliminate it, no one is expecting a different outcome now.
The abortion access bill‘s lead sponsor, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) tweaked it to appease worries from moderates, stripping out some non-binding language about abortion that raised some objections. But it’s far from clear that Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), an abortion-rights opponent, would vote differently than he did in February, when he opposed the Democratic bill.
“There were some language challenges with the original version and I think they’re trying to eliminate those concerns,” said Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.). “They’re taking care of that. Is that enough to get Manchin’s support? I don’t know.”"
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