Now, Democrats are working to codify Roe v. Wade by passing federal legislation on abortion rights, according to the Cut.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., spoke on the Senate floor on Monday after filing cloture on the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would codify abortion access into federal law.

“With all of America watching, Republicans will not be able to hide from their role in bringing Roe to an end,” the majority leader said in a statement shared with Blavity.

“The laws Republicans are passing across the country and the nationwide ban Republicans in Washington want are the most extreme of extreme, and the beginning of Republican attempts to use the Supreme Court to turn back the clock to a time when women, people of color and LGBTQ people are all considered second class citizens,” he continued. “Democrats are going to fight these attempts all the way, for as long as it takes.”

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