On Wednesday, Senate Democrats failed to muster their slim majority to pass the Women's Health Protection Act, a bill that would have codified the landmark decision established in Roe v. Wade and eliminated state laws that further limited a woman's access to abortion. Among the naysayers were Senate Republicans — as expected — along with one Democrat, West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin.
Manchin told reporters that his main issue with the legislation was that it "expands abortion." The senator said he had been "pro-life all of my life" but also believed in "some exceptions to abortion bans."
