evidence: Wednesday’s vote was 51 to 49 and well short of the 60 votes necessary under Senate rules. It was largely a reprise of a failed February vote staged by Senate Democratic leaders, but the issue has new resonance after last week’s leak of a draft opinion from Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. suggesting that the high court is poised to overturn Roe and curtail guaranteed nationwide access to abortions. [...] "Elect more pro-choice Democrats if you want to protect a woman’s freedom and right to choose," Schumer said after the vote. "Elect more MAGA Republicans if you want to see a nationwide ban on abortion, if you want to see doctors and women arrested, if you want to see no exceptions for rape or incest." [...] Scores of lawmakers and some abortion rights groups, including NARAL, have pushed for eliminating the filibuster to codify Roe. NARAL President Mini Timmaraju said in a statement that her group "supports passing the Women’s Health Protection Act by any means necessary, including ending the filibuster," while 114 House Democrats signed a letter Monday pushing Schumer to do the same.