The Senate on Wednesday failed to advance a sweeping abortion rights bill in the wake of the disclosure of a draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade.
The legislation, which would have prevented states from enacting abortion bans, went down in a 49-51 vote. Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) joined the rest of the chamber's Republicans in voting against it. It was the second time this year that the Senate has voted on abortion protections, with the same result.
While talks have begun around a scaled-back version of the bill that could potentially win the votes of those three members, any legislation protecting abortion rights currently has no chance of clearing the Senate's 60-vote threshold.
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