Vote To Protect Abortion Access Fails In Senate

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🗓️ 12 May 2022

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President Biden Slams the GOP after the Women's Health Protection Act fails to be passed by the Senate. Are the Democrats now out of moves when it comes to trying to salvage Roe v. Wade? Texas District Attorney José Garza has vowed not to take legal action against women seeking abortion services if Roe is overturned. He joins to talk about why, and the ‘luck of a draw’ that some women could potentially face in states where prosecutors’ opinions are divided on the issue.Inflation slowed last month for the first time since August, but the cost of gas, food and rent are all hitting American households hard. Is the Biden administration doing enough to help? That, as baby formula is out of stock in eight states amid a supply crisis. Plus, the January 6 Committee finalizes its witness list and topics ahead of a high stakes-hearing in June, and a passenger with no flight experience lands a plane after its pilot is incapacitated. 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	I am Laura Coates and this is CNN Tonight.
0:07.5	The question really is, are Democrats now out of moves when it comes to trying to salvage
0:12.2	Roe v Wade?
0:13.6	For all the speeches we've seen, all the rallies that we've seen since the draft opinion
0:17.7	leak, tonight Democrats seem powerless to come with a response that would do anything
0:22.7	to buffer the impact of a potential Alito ruling.
0:27.1	Biden pricked a short time ago that if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade, other landmark
0:32.4	cases that guarantee rights like same-sex marriage and contraception, well, they very well
0:37.7	could be next.
0:39.0	He also went further, ripping the Republican party as, quote, petty, an extreme, saying it
0:44.7	is, quote, coward by Trump.
0:47.5	Well, he's obviously angry with Senate Republicans, all of whom voted to block the Women's Health
0:53.2	Protection Act this very afternoon.
0:56.2	As you recall, this was the bill that many Democrats hope would ensure Roe's protections.
1:01.1	The President vowing, quote, we will continue to defend women's constitutional rights to
1:06.4	make private reproductive choices as recognized in Roe v Wade.
1:10.8	And my administration will continue to explore the measures and tools at our disposal to do
1:15.6	just that.
1:16.6	Well, tonight it's not immediately apparent what those tools and measures could be.
1:22.6	A Democratic-controlled Congress seemed to have gotten nowhere close to 60 votes.
1:26.9	In fact, they didn't even get 50.
1:29.6	And while the President does blame Republicans, keep in mind a member of his own party did
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