The House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill that would bar states from restricting abortions if it is also passed by the Senate and signed into law. The House voted mostly along party lines to pass H.R. 3755, also known as the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021. All Democrats voted yes except for Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), who voted no, and one other Democrat who did not vote. All Republicans voted no except for two members who did not vote. The bill says abortion services are a constitutional right, as decided by the Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade, but that access to abortion “has been obstructed across the United States in various ways,” including by state laws. It also says that health care providers can carry out abortions with virtually no limitations or requirements, a provision aimed at pre-empting new state laws and superseding some current ones. “Today’s …