Susan Collins' support for abortion rights is shallow at bestWith the conservative judges on the Supreme Court seemingly poised to finally overturn Roe v. Wade, Democrats are finally getting serious about codifying the long-standing precedent into law. And at least one Republican senator says she wants to help do just that — emphasis on “says.”
Collins’ position really highlights both the pitfalls of the filibuster and the ways it can be exploited.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is on record supporting the right to an abortion. After Wednesday’s oral arguments at the Supreme Court in the case that might nullify that right in many states, Collins’ office issued a statement saying she “believes that the protections in the Roe and [Planned Parenthood v. Casey] decisions should be passed into law.” It added that Collins has “had some conversations with her colleagues about this and is open to further discussions.”
It’s a nice statement to make, and sounds very supportive of abortion rights. But as Collins surely knows, there’s no way that what she says she believes will come to be. First, the only bill that’s currently in play that would codify Roe is the House-passed Women's Health Protection Act. But when that bill comes to a vote in the Senate, Collins has already said that she won’t support it...............
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/susan-collins-support-abortion-rights-shallow-best-n1285348
