Jessica Corbett is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.
U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked from a final vote a Republican bill that, according to Minority Leader Chuck Schumer , made clear that under newly sworn-in President Donald Trump, 'it will be a golden age, but for the extreme, anti-choice movement.
' 'Last time we voted down this bill, I actually spoke about something Republicans refuse to acknowledge in this debate: the struggles, the struggles of a pregnant woman, who has received tragic news that her baby had a fatal medical condition and would not be able to survive, and who were able to make the choice that was right for their family,' she noted. 'But now, here we are, already hearing stories of women who were denied that choice by extreme Republican abortion bans.
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