Battle lines harden as Senate prepares to take doomed vote on abortion rights

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks to reporters ahead of a procedural vote on Wednesday to essentially codify Roe v. Wade, at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo

The Senate is poised to take up a doomed vote on abortion rights legislation Wednesday afternoon, a largely symbolic effort in response to the Supreme Court’s draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade.

While a vote on nearly identical legislation failed in February, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer suggested the court’s draft opinion, published by POLITICO last week, had changed the landscape.

“Today’s vote is one of the most consequential

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