Posted on 05/10/2022 11:47:28 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Despite Casey’s support, the legislation lacks the 60 votes needed to defeat a Senate filibuster.
Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., came out Tuesday for a sweeping bill to codify abortion rights protections nationwide, marking a shift from his prior resistance to it.
“This week, I will again vote yes to advance debate on the Women’s Health Protection Act and I will support the bill if there is a vote on final passage in the future," he said in a statement.
Casey has long held anti-abortion views, with a complicated stance on the government’s role in the issue. He’s the son of Bob Casey Sr., a former governor of Pennsylvania who opposed legal abortion and defended his state’s restrictions in the landmark Supreme Court case Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
The younger Casey has been one of just two Senate Democrats, along with Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, not to sponsor the legislation.
As recently as February, Casey was not a supporter of the bill. But in a statement, he said that "the circumstances around the entire debate on abortion have changed."
"In light of the leaked Supreme Court decision draft overturning Roe v. Wade, and subsequent reports that Republicans in the U.S. House and Senate will introduce legislation to enact a nationwide six-week ban, the real question of the moment is: Do you support a categorical ban on abortion?" he said. "During my time in public office, I have never voted for — nor do I support — such a ban.”
The Senate is expected to take up the bill on Wednesday, but even with Casey's support, it lacks the 60 votes needed to defeat a Senate filibuster due to opposition from Republicans. Even if it were to receive a final vote, it would require the support of Manchin or at least one Republican to pass.
“I ask my colleagues to think carefully about their vote, to grapple with the impact of a world without Roe, because all of us will have to answer for this vote for the rest of our time in public office,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Tuesday.
“I ask my colleagues to think carefully about their vote, to grapple with the impact of a world without Roe, because all of us will have to answer for this vote for the rest of our time in public office,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Tuesday.
We are thinking about a world without Roe, Chuck. I agree, we should think about the impact of a world without Roe.
Or does he mean, we need to vote for his abortion law, because the thought of a world without Roe is beyond the comprehension of a New York liberal such as Chuck????
Are there any biologists in Congress? From what I hear, only a biologist can define what a woman is, what a man is.
If it is not included in the enumerated powers in the Constitution, then it is not a federal matter. PERIOD. They cannot legislate around that.
Idiot Dems like to spread the lie that the Constitution regulates the people, but in legally, the Constitution consists of limits on the power of the federal government.
The legislation is so flawed that even Murkowski and Collins will not support it.
It is political theater.
Senator Casey, Just wondering, where in the Constitution is Congress vested with the power to ‘codify abortion rights’?
His daddy was a liar.
I guess the “fear of the Lord” is not in his repertoire.
that wasn’t mine- it was a meme=- i didn’t put hte link in unfortunately
it came from this site
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