How the Midterms Could Impact the Future of Abortion Rights
glamour.com—that would guarantee the right to an abortion, but it failed in the Senate because Democrats didn’t have the 60 votes to pass the filibuster and didn’t have the majority needed to overrule the filibuster to pass this bill.Passing legislation would be a big deal, but it’s not the only thing Congress can do to protect abortion rights.
A pro-choice majority in the House and Senate might also be able to finally pass the , which would guarantee equal protection under the constitution regardless of sex.
Technically, the deadline for ratification of the ERA has passed, but what if the Senate just voted to extend the deadline? With equal protection under the constitution, it becomes that much harder to argue against the right to an abortion for everyone who chooses one.The good news is that, according to and the , among other polling aggregators and analysts, Democrats have a better than fighting chance to not just maintain control of the Senate, but to actually increase their majority.
And a big part of that is very likely the . It turns out, losing the right to an abortion is actually is a very energizing issue for voters everywhere.But that’s just national politics.
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