Senate to Vote to Take Up Bill Codifying Abortion Rights Next Week

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announces that he will file Cloture on a bill Monday that would codify abortion rights, with a vote to follow Wednesday. "Next week's vote will be one of the most important we ever take because it deals with one of the most personal and difficult decisions a woman ever has to make in her life. This is not an abstract exercise. My fellow Americans, it's as real and as urgent as it gets." Sixty votes will be needed for consideration of the Women’s Health Protection Act. close