House Democrats filed a discharge petition to force a vote on legislation that would protect access to abortion nationwide, borrowing a strategy from their midterm election playbook that helped the party outperform expectations in 2022.
A trio of Democratic lawmakers filed the petition on Wednesday, seeking to advance the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would codify abortion access before fetal viability across the country. The effort is being led by Reps. Diana DeGette and Barbara Lee , the co-chairwomen of the Pro-Choice Caucus, as well as the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Judy Chu ."The U.S. Supreme Court has rolled back the clock on women's rights in this country," DeGette said on the House floor on Wednesday.
Under House rules, lawmakers can use a discharge petition to move a bill to the floor for consideration without committee approval if the legislation has been introduced and referred to a standing committee for at least 30 days. To do so, lawmakers must get a majority of the House, in this case 218 members, to sign a petition to consider the bill on the floor.
It’s also unclear whether all Democrats would be willing to sign on to the petition because members such as Rep. Henry Cuellar have previously supported some abortion restrictions. A spokesperson for Cuellar did not respond to a request for comment by the Washington Examiner.
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