Democrats’ National Abortion Rights Bill Fails In Senate

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🗓️ 11 May 2022

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Democrats bill on abortion rights goes farther than Roe v. Wade does but fails after a Senate vote. Plus, Ukrainians retake captured towns near Russia’s border as Putin’s forces make a new play in southern Ukraine. Also, a woman’s lacrosse team from a historically black college said it was racially profiled during a stop in Georgia. The case is now catching the attention of Capitol Hill. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	That leaked Supreme Court draft prompting a Senate vote, as I speak, the lead starts
0:09.4	right now.
0:11.2	The Nays will likely have it Senate Democrats forcing a bill on abortion rights, but the
0:15.5	legislation goes farther than Roe v. Wade does.
0:18.9	Was this a democratic strategic mistake?
0:21.3	Plus, making gains, Ukrainians retake their captured towns near Russia's border as Putin's
0:27.7	make a new play in southern Ukraine, and stopped and searched.
0:33.1	A woman's lacrosse team from a historically black college says it was racially profiled
0:38.3	during a traffic stop in Georgia, the case now drawing the attention of Capitol Hill.
0:48.9	Welcome to the lead MJ tap where we start with breaking news and our politics lead in
0:52.0	what is soon expected to be a bipartisan rejection of the Democratic lead bill aimed at preserving
0:58.0	access to abortion nationwide.
1:00.3	The U.S. Senate is voting right this minute on the Women's Health Protection Act, but
1:05.0	ahead of the vote, the bill was widely condemned by Republicans, even the two who support abortion
1:10.5	rights.
1:11.5	And Democratic Senator Joe Manchin.
1:13.8	That's because those three say it went further than codifying Roe v. Wade.
1:18.4	It would eliminate, in fact, any states pre-existing restrictions on abortion.
1:23.6	Senator Manchin explained his no vote to CNN earlier today.
1:28.8	The bill we have today to vote on, the Women's Health Protection Act, and I respect people
1:33.1	who support, but don't make no mistake.
1:35.6	It is not Roe v. Wade codification.
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