US Senate will vote on abortion bill next week, Schumer says

Earlier this week, a draft ruling that was leaked to the press indicated that the US Supreme Court's conservative majority is likely to overturn Roe v Wade [File: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters]

The US Senate will vote next week on a bill asserting that abortions are legal in the United States, Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has said, in a push that will likely be blocked by Republicans.

Speaking on the Senate floor on Thursday, Schumer suggested that the vote aims to show that Republicans oppose reproductive rights, amid national outrage over a leaked Supreme Court draft decision that would revoke the constitutional right to abortion in the United States.