evidence: It just wasn’t clear how. Many Democrats have long pursued two legislative avenues to protect the right to a legal abortion nationwide. "Congress must pass legislation that codifies Roe v. Wade as the law of the land in this country NOW," Sen. Bernie Sanders tweeted. "And if there aren’t 60 votes in the Senate to do it, and there are not, we must end the filibuster to pass it with 50 votes." Yet in a 50-50 Senate, any effort to pass a law codifying abortion access nationwide would require 60 votes, which Democrats are extremely unlikely to win. And any attempt to end-run that 60-vote limit would require overturning the filibuster—an equally unlikely scenario. [...] "We’ll put a vote on the floor to make clear where the senators stand," says Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut. "It’s no secret that we don’t have the votes right now to change the rules of the Senate to ensconce Roe v. Wade into law."