George Glass, the former United States Ambassador to Portugal, expressed his concerns over the Senate's recent vote on legislation that would override current state laws prohibiting abortion.

S.1975, also known as the Women's Health Protection Act, was narrowly defeated in the Senate on Feb 28 by a vote of 46-48, according to a Politico report.

 “I am horrified by the vote to impose a federal takeover of our nation’s abortion laws," Glass told the American Catholic Tribune, "While this extreme legislation was narrowly defeated, I shudder to think that anyone would support a law that would legalize abortion up to the moment of birth, for any reason, everywhere.

The legislation, which was originally introduced in the Senate in June 2021, proposes to prevent government restrictions on the provision and accessibility of abortion services.

If the bill became law, abortion providers would be granted unlimited freedom to prescribe medications as well as the ability to conduct abortions "immediately" through the use of "telemedicine" services.

Additionally, the bill states that abortion providers cannot be obliged to "comply with credentialing or other conditions that do not apply to providers whose services are medically comparable to abortions."

Governments would also be prohibited from restricting the amount of time a woman may get an abortion throughout her pregnancy.

According to Politico, the bill "would have gone further than codifying Roe v. Wade into federal law by barring states from enacting restrictions on abortion both later and earlier in pregnancy."

The Senate's decision comes only months before the Supreme Court is expected to rule on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a case involving a Mississippi statute prohibiting abortions beyond 15 weeks of gestation except in cases of a medical emergency or "severe fetal abnormality," according to a KFF report.

Mississippi is currently attempting to reverse Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.

Chief Justice John Roberts noted during oral arguments for Dobbs v. Jackson in December 2021, that the United States is one of just seven countries that still allow abortion beyond 20 weeks of pregnancy.

According to the National Review, the other nations that allow abortion that late include North Korea, China, Vietnam, Canada, Singapore and the Netherlands.