The Women's Health Protection Act was defeated in the Democrat-dominated Senate in a cloture vote of 48-46 on Monday February 28. Forty-seven Senate Republicans were joined by Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) in voting against the Act, which would have needed 60 votes in order to overcome a filibuster.

The Act had previously narrowly received the approval of the House in September last year, in a vote of 218-211. Joe Biden has also signalled his personal support for the Act, committing to codify Roe v. Wade in his pre-election manifesto.

The misnomered "Women's Health Protection Act" was born out of Democrats' fears that the Supreme Court might eventually rule to overturn Roe v. Wade as a result of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. If the WHPA had been passed, it would have effectively rendered any Supreme Court ruling against abortion moot, as abortion up to birth, for any reason, would be thus enshrined in federal law.

The bill, which has been repeatedly introduced over the years without success, would establish a federal statutory right to perform and obtain abortions, including after fetal viability (under the broad cover of "health"), and specifically forbids states from subjecting abortion to ultrasound requirements (even though these are standard to discern fetal age), mandatory waiting periods, informed-consent requirements, and other health and safety regulations, such as admitting privileges.

During the debate Monday, Senator Steve Daines (R-MT), decried the Act as "extreme," and "is completely contrary to the kind of nation America is, and aspires to be"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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