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Jon Skolnik

Dems vow to codify Roe after SCOTUS leak

Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer | Pro-Choice protest in front of the Supreme Court Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images

President Joe Biden on Tuesday said that his administration is "ready" to protect the fundamental right to abortion and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., vowed to have his chamber "vote on legislation to codify the right to an abortion in law" after the Supreme Court's draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that enshrined America's constitutional right to abortion, leaked late Monday evening. 

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