The measure, partly a political strategy, forced Democrats and Republicans to record their view, and garnered bipartisan support
of House Republicans voted against the bill, with some claiming it was a “political charade”.
“I don’t see anything behind this right now other than, you know, election year politics,” said the GOP Senate whip, Senator John Thune of South Dakota. But last month, writing for the majority in overturning Roe v Wade, Justice Samuel Alito argued for a more narrow interpretation of the rights guaranteed to Americans, noting that the right to an abortion was not spelled out in the Constitution.
House Democrats argued that the Respect for Marriage Act is necessary to enshrine equal marriage rights into law and to protect all Americans from a conservative-dominated supreme court with an ideology that is starkly out-of-step with majority of the American public, and a demonstrated appetite for upending settled law.
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