The Supreme Court has ruled that Abortion is not a federal issue but that of the individual states. Not in the Constitution don’t you know. A Constitutional Amendment would be needed to federalize the matter.
Good point! So, they had planned to try to pass this as a law, and if it somehow managed to pass, it would go to court and be thrown out. They have a history of passing crap that they know isn’t constitutional, and just wait for it to be struck down.