Blackbeard , 14 days ago (edited 14 days ago)

My first reaction was “Why wasn’t this done when the decision was first leaked? Why wait 2 years?”

They didn’t:

In the wake of a bombshell leak last week of a Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the court’s conservative majority could soon overturn Roe v. Wade, Senate Democrats on Wednesday forced a vote to advance a bill that would enshrine abortion rights into federal law.

And here’s the text, which is notably more specific.

Furthermore, they also tried to pass a bill -,Women's%20Health%20Protection%20Act%20of%202021,and%20access%20to%2C%20abortion%20services.&text=immediately%20provide%20abortion%20services%20when,delay%20risks%20the%20patient's%20health.).

In fact, some of them have been trying https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Choice_Act.