As a preface, if anyone wishes to use this thread to discuss abortion itself, please feel free to do so.
It would seem there are four Senators who do not wish to allow states/Commonwealths(4), and their citizens, a decision on what their abortion policy will be.
Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced the Reproductive Freedom For All Act. This legislation would enact in federal law the essential holdings of Roe v. Wade and related cases, protecting abortion rights and contraception access. This would undo the damage of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, and would enshrine in federal law the fundamental right to reproductive freedom.
For myself, I am betwixt and between on whether there should be a Federal law. With a Federal standard, there would be uniformity. On the other side is the argument that this is a ’state’s rights’ issue.