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The leader of the Republican minority in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, hinted last week by saying that “it is possible” that the The Republican Party would ban abortion throughout the United States.
However, the Conservatives denied this claim on Monday. “I don’t think it’s really an appropriate issue for Congress to pass a national law,” said Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, a member of McConnell’s leadership team.
“That would not be my priority from the beginning,” said Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri. “I think it would be better for the states to debate this, allow it to breathe and let Congress act where there is national consensus.”
For his part, Senator John Barrasso, from the state of Wyoming, indicated that the leaked draft of the Supreme Court ruling focused on allowing states to regulate abortion. “I want to see that the states have that opportunity and the authority to do it,” he said when asked about legislating at the federal level.
The reaction of the Republican Party was to pour water on the fire that started over the possible legislative actions on abortion, underscoring the high point within the party on the subject after last week the Politico outlet obtained the leaked judicial erasure and revealed that the majority of conservative justices were “preparing” to overturn Roe v. Wade.
The Democrats, on the other hand, are on the defensive before midterm elections, so they took advantage of the issue to galvanize their base and unite around women’s rights in an effort to save their majorities in Congress.
Although conservatives are eager to keep this midterm debate focused on the economy, crime and border security, while acknowledging that polls show majorities support keeping Roe vs. Wade, even though his party can secure a historic victory on the abortion issue.
The Republican Minority Leader, was anxious to avoid being tied up in a debate on abortion, so he focused on speaking out on the unprecedented leak and called for a prosecution for the person who released the draft. Nonetheless, McConnell said for USA Today that it is “possible” that Congress will act against the legislation of 1973.
Although he stated that he would not destroy the Senate’s filibuster rules to allow such a ban to pass by a simple majority, which means that it would take the minus 60 votes to act.
“If the filtered opinion becomes the final opinion, the legislative bodies, not only at the state level, but also at the federal level, they could certainly legislate in that area,” McConnell told the newspaper. “And if this was the final decision, that was the point at which it should be resolved one way or another in the legislative process. So yes, it is possible”.
Furthermore, when asked if he would file a Bill on Women’s Right to Abort on the Senate Floor With a conservative majority in the next Congress, the Kentucky senator said he “would never support crushing legislative filibuster on this or any issue.”
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