‘Too Broad’ Democrat Senator to Oppose Bill Ensuring Abortion Access

Joe Manchin Speaks at Governor Hogan's Press Conference about infrastructure by Steve Kwak via Wikimedia Commons

Democrat Senator Joe Manchin signaled he would vote against Democrats’ bill to guarantee abortion access nationwide. The West Virginia Democrat, who is no stranger to opposing his own party’s wishes, indicated the bill is too broad for him to vote yes.

The Hill reports:

“We’re going to be voting for a piece of legislation that I will not be voting for today,” Manchin told reporters.

The revised bill would still prevent governments from limiting a healthcare provider’s ability to prescribe certain drugs or from providing immediate abortion services if a delay would risk a patient’s health, according to the Congressional Research Service.

The bill also prevents governments from being able to require that a patient make “medically unnecessary in-person visits” before an abortion, and would also prevent the government from requiring patients to disclose why they are seeking an abortion.

The bill also broadly would prevent governments from enacting laws that would create similar limits or that “singles out the provision of abortion services, health care providers who provide abortion services, or facilities in which abortion services are provided” and “impedes access to abortion services.”

“But I would vote for a Roe v. Wade codification if it was today. I was hopeful for that but I found out yesterday in caucus that that wasn’t going to be,” Manchin added.



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