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Pro-choice groups urge moderate Republicans to scrap bill legalizing abortion saying it wouldn’t be effective

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.

Tribune News Service · May 9, 2022

Schumer says vote to save Roe is not an ‘abstract exercise’ and ‘is as real and as high stakes as it gets’

Democrats are pushing for their legislation to codify the protections in Roe v Wade despite little likelihood it can pass

The Independent UK · May 9, 2022

Collins' challenge: Impeach Kavanaugh

"If only there had been some warning signs about Kavanaugh's dishonesty"

Salon · May 9, 2022

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Pelosi says Supreme Court ‘slapped women in the face’ with Roe draft while GOP lawmakers skirt the issue

‘Here we are on Mother’s Day, a week where the Court has slapped women in the face in terms of disrespect for their judgments about the size and timing of their families,’ says Pelosi

The Independent UK · May 9, 2022

Martin Schram: A supreme conning of America’s women

Let’s tell the blatant truth right up-front: Senate Republicans are understandably upset by the leaking of the Supreme Court’s always-secret draft opinion. Especially this supremely controversial one.

Tribune News Service · May 7, 2022

Top Democrat on abortion legislation blasts Collins-Murkowski bill as insufficient

Senator Richard Blumenthal says from the Maine Republican are inaccurate

The Independent UK · May 5, 2022

What is in Murkowski and Collins’ alternative abortion bill versus Democrats’ legislation?

Comes as Democratic senators try another run at the Women’s Health Protection Act

The Independent UK · May 5, 2022

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Trump justices accused of going back on their word on Roe – but did they?

Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett face accusations of having misled politicians and the public about their willingness to overturn Roe

The Guardian - US · May 5, 2022

Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski propose alternative abortion legislation after leaked Roe draft opinion

Comes as Democratic senators try another run at the Women’s Health Protection Act

The Independent UK · May 4, 2022

You don’t have to be pro-choice to oppose overturning Roe

I am pro-life. I hate abortion, and wish desperately that women confronting that difficult and awful choice felt they had alternatives to ending the life of an unborn child. But I also believe deeply in democracy.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 4, 2022

Jackie Calmes: Forget the leak. The justices’ radicalism has shredded the Supreme Court’s integrity

Talk about shooting the messenger.

Los Angeles Times · May 4, 2022

Why can't Collins admit she was wrong?

"She let us down”

Salon · May 4, 2022

Democrats promise to fight for abortion rights but have few options

WASHINGTON — Democrats on Capitol Hill were spitting fire Tuesday in the wake of the leak of a Supreme Court draft ruling overturning abortion rights, but acknowledged their hands are tied unless voters deliver them a strong majority in Congress this fall.

Los Angeles Times · May 3, 2022

Hawley: Susan Collins is feigning shock

Collins has repeatedly vouched for Kavanaugh, claiming he would not touch abortion

Salon · May 3, 2022

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WEKU · May 3, 2022

The political consequences of the Supreme Court's leaked draft opinion on abortion

The draft — showing the conservative majority ready to overturn Roe v. Wade — will have wide-ranging ramifications, from pressure to end the filibuster to more distrust of the confirmation process.

Axios · May 3, 2022

Murkowski: Draft Roe v. Wade decision “rocks my confidence” in Supreme Court

“Roe is still the law of the land. We don't know the direction that this decision may ultimately take."

The Independent UK · May 3, 2022

Schumer vows abortion law vote, but not filibuster changes

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer angrily denounced as an “abomination” the Supreme Court’s leaked draft decision that would overturn the nation’s landmark Roe v

Axios · May 3, 2022

Collins says Kavanaugh and Gorsuch possibly broke promise on Roe v. Wade

Collins said that the associate justices had assured her they would not overturn Roe.

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The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2022

Through the Trumpian looking glass, forcing women to die from illegal abortions is ‘pro-life’

The levers of power are pulled by those with no skin in the game, at the expense of those with an entire uterus in it, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Roll Call · May 3, 2022

Senate Democrats look to write abortion rights into law, but may lack votes

Some lawmakers are calling for action to protect abortion rights following a draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 3, 2022

Editorial: One urgent bipartisan election reform is within reach. Democrats should take it

A bipartisan group of senators reportedly is close to agreement on recommending reforms to a flawed, archaic law that former President Donald Trump abused in his attempt to overturn the 2020 election. The Electoral Count Act of 1887 gives the vice president a ceremonial role in approving state vote counts,…

The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2022

Joe Manchin would have caucused with GOP if McConnell weren’t leader, new book claims

’If you were leader I would do it,’ the West Virginia Democrat reportedly said to Sen John Thune about defecting to his party, according to an excerpt from This Will Not Shall Pass

Axios · Apr 28, 2022

The women of the Senate meet — for dinner

The group of 22 talked about everything — except politics.

Salon · Apr 27, 2022

Collins to Musk: Get Trump on Twitter

"It’s ironic that we allow Russian government sites to be on Twitter, but we don’t allow President Trump”

Roll Call · Apr 27, 2022

Conflicting incentives for quick election-year spending deal - Roll Call

Dynamics for a spending agreement this year are there, but history also says election years lead to delays and stopgap bills.

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