evidence: WASHINGTON — Ever since the Supreme Court decision last year that eliminated nationwide abortion rights, Democrats have cast their position on the issue as simple: pass legislation codifying the rights in Roe v. Wade into federal law. [...] The White House position has been that codifying Roe v. Wade in federal legislation is the "only path" to restoring abortion access, and administration officials repeatedly stress they are not proposing something new. They argue that Roe carefully struck a balance between the right to an abortion earlier in pregnancy and the ability of states to regulate later in pregnancy. [...] But Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., the chair of the Senate Democrats’ campaign arm, said the finer details of how the party would codify Roe v. Wade in legislation are still up in the air.