Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said the Senate will vote to codify the right to abortion into federal law, in response to a leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade.
"A vote on this legislation is not an abstract exercise, this is as urgent and real as it gets," Schumer said in a floor speech on Tuesday morning, following Politico's Monday night reporting of the draft, which could change before the final version comes out this summer. "We will vote to protect a woman's right to choose and every American is going to see which side every senator stands."
