A coalition of pro-choice groups Monday urged moderate Republicans to abandon their alternative to a Democratic push to legalize abortion after the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion that will likely soon overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.
The 17 abortion rights groups told Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) that their bill — framed as an option that could gain some GOP support — would not effectively protect women’s right to choose.
“(The bill) would not protect the right to abortion. It fails to expressly prohibit pre-viability abortion bans,” the letter reads. “The bill’s vague wording could give courts additional arguments to uphold abortion restrictions and pre-viability bans.”
