Democrats lose Senate vote to codify abortion rights 49-51 – as it happened

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We've heard a lot about the rival" abortion rights bill pushed by Republican senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, and they've just released a joint statement explaining why they believe their reproductive rights act is preferable to the Democratic Women's Health Protection Act they'll vote against in the Senate this afternoon.

I support codifying the abortion rights established by Roe v Wade. That's not what the women's health protection act would do," Collins, of Maine, said in the statement.