The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives Friday voted along party lines to restore abortion rights nationwide, but the measure has no chance of passing the evenly divided Senate.
The 219-210 vote is the second time the House has sought to codify the provisions of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, which the Supreme Court overturned in a recent decision.
“The Supreme Court took a wrecking ball to the fundamental rights by overturning Roe v. Wade,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ahead of the votes, gathering with other Democratic women on the steps of the Capitol. “It is outrageous that 50 years later, women must again fight for our most basic rights.”