After the Supreme Court declared that individual states might ban or restrict abortion, the U.S. House of Representatives passed two bills to maintain access to the practice.

Legislation enacted by the Democratic-controlled House on Friday is unlikely to advance in the Republican-controlled Senate, where 10 Republican votes are required to bring the measures to the floor.

"Just three weeks ago, the Supreme Court took a wrecking ball to fundamental rights by overturning Roe v. Wade," Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, referring to the historic case establishing legal access to abortion.

Pelosi stated, "That is why today, our pro-choice, pro-women Democratic majority stands resolute," We will take additional steps to preserve women's reproductive autonomy.

The first bill, the "Women's Health Protection Act," would legalize abortion nationwide with only Democratic support.

Senate prohibits abortion legislation.

Last year, the House passed a similar bill, but the Senate rejected it.

The second bill passed on Friday would provide legal protection for women who leave their home state to obtain an abortion.

Several conservative states have outlawed abortion since the Supreme Court's decision, and almost half of the fifty states in the United States are expected to follow suit in the coming weeks or months.

President Joe Biden, a Democrat, condemned the conservative-dominated Supreme Court's decision on abortion last month and urged Americans to vote in significant numbers in November's midterm elections.

However, incumbent parties often perform poorly in midterm elections, and the Democrats fear losing their majority in the House and their tenuous hold on the Senate.