How Roe’s Demise Could Safeguard Gay Marriage

<p>After Roe v. Wade was overturned, Democrats introduced a bill to prevent the right to gay marriage from meeting the same fate as the right to abortion.</p><p>The bill was expected to go nowhere, but it has won more and more Republican support and now seems to have a narrow path to enactment.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/annie-karni">Annie Karni</a>, a congressional correspondent for The New York Times.</p><p>Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from our team, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Larger-than-expected Republican support in the House for legislation to codify marriage equality<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/20/us/politics/same-sex-marriage-bill-senate.html"> caught both parties off guard</a>.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>