One year after Roe overturned, no action in Congress on abortion

WASHINGTON — Immediately after the U.S. Supreme Court reversed federal protections for abortion, there were calls from both the left and the right for Congress to pass a law in response. But in the year since, nothing has happened. Divided government is mainly to blame. Senate Republicans used the filibuster multiple times in 2022 to block Democrats’ attempts to pass a law reinstating federal protections for the procedure, and such a measure could not pass today in the House where Republicans are now in the majority. On the other hand,...