EXCLUSIVE: Democrats believe that after a year of abortion restrictions going into effect—and a term of House Republicans attempting to legislate on the issue—voters in battleground districts might be ready to sway in Democrats’ favor.
. House Democrats say that’s still salient—and that even in states where abortion has remained relatively safe, national attempts to restrict reproductive rights can be an issue.
This week, Democrats will be seeking to beef up their abortion playbook with a vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act. Democrats will be working to get the bill on the floor via a discharge petition: a wonky procedural move that allows the minority to force a vote on a bill if it earns at least 218 petition signatures. That means all 212 Democrats and six Republicans would need to support the petition.
The Women’s Health Protection Act has been introduced before, and it’s likely to be introduced again next term, seeing as the discharge petition is an uphill battle. But Democrats think the discharge petition is a solid way to put House Republicans, specifically those in battleground districts, on the record about abortion.“This is just one of the things in our toolbox for various things that we're going to be doing,” Rep.
Rep. Mark Pocan , co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, said he thinks the GOP strategy on using abortion to fire up the base could work for some of their members’ re-election efforts, but not all. “That kind of political strategy is great for the seats they've got, but not necessarily for some that they need to hold and others that they might want to try to pick up,” Pocan said. “And, you know, they're really just appealing again to a fairly narrow segment of their existing base.”Roe v. WadeBut even after a year has gone by, Democrats still feel that abortion holds as much weight as it did in 2022.
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