Majority leader Chuck Schumer says vote is among most important of the century even though it will fail to garner 60 votes necessary
• Pro-choice states rush to pledge legal shield for out-of-state abortions
• Mitch McConnell says Senate Republicans couldn’t pass abortion ban
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Good morning and welcome to the midweek edition of the US politics blog.
It’s voting day in the US Senate on Democrats’ legislation to codify constitutional abortion protections in the wake of the supreme court’s draft ruling overturning them.