“Why are you caucusing with the Senate Democrats?” Sanders asked in a pointed tweet.
Abortion
The Republican-backed state bill treats abortion seekers as murderers – threatening them with a life sentence in prison.
“The public will not forget” who opposed the legislation, Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said.
“They make money off of family separation,” says sociologist and legal scholar Dorothy Roberts.
The state’s attorney general warns that local prosecutors would have the authority to enforce the law.
On the Senate floor, Bernie Sanders said Democrats “can and must” pass the Women’s Health Protection Act with 50 votes.
The senator’s comments came one day prior to a vote on codifying abortion rights recognized in “Roe v. Wade.”
If the GOP can end the filibuster for anti-Democratic reasons, Democrats can do so to protect abortion access, he said.
Protesters have gathered in front of justices’ homes in response to news that the court is set to undo Roe v. Wade.
Child care workers and the families they support declared a nationwide “strike” on Monday.