Senate Democrats unveil Bill to protect women who cross state lines for abortions
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We ran the numbers: There are 2,625 news articles covering this topic. 26% (690) are left-leaning, 50% (1,298) are centrist, and 24% (637) are right-leaning.
Democrats in the Senate and House have drafted bills to protect women who cross state lines for abortions. While left-leaning articles focus on the bills and their impact on the upcoming midterm elections, right-leaning articles focus on a pro-choice hearing held by Senate Democrats on Tuesday.
A left-leaning article from Politico discusses how Democrats in the House and Senate have drafted bills to preempt states that may pass laws denying women the ability to travel to other states to obtain abortions. Progressives plan to highlight Republicans who vote against the bills to pressure them in the November elections.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting on the Senate’s “Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act of 2022” to protect women crossing state lines for abortions. The bills cite the 14th amendment and previous Supreme Court rulings on interstate travel and also provide the U.S. Attorney General the power to pursue civil action against states, individuals, and entities enacting laws that prevent women from crossing state borders for abortions. Many high-profile companies have offered to cover the cost for women to travel to receive abortions.
A right-leaning article from the Washington Times discusses how Democrats in a pro-abortion hearing warned of the dangers of a post-Roe America. Richard Durbin (D-IL) said that “in overturning Roe, the Supreme Court has unleashed a health-care crisis across America.” Republican Senators called the hearing “alarmist rhetoric,” arguing that no states have outlawed abortion.
From the center
Senate Democrats unveil bill to protect women who cross state lines for abortions
The Hill
From the right
Democrats, pro-abortion forces warn that women face a death sentence in post-Roe America
Washington Examiner