States looking to change abortion laws would have to meet requirements modeled on the 1965 Voting Rights Act under a new proposal from Sen. Kamala Harris’s campaign, the latest effort by a Democratic presidential contender to address an increasingly high-profile campaign issue. Ms. Harris if elected president would push a bill called the Reproductive Rights Act that would create a preclearance requirement, meaning states and localities with a history of violating Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that guaranteed a woman’s...

Source: Wall Street Journal May 28, 2019 21:01 UTC