The Supreme Court’s draft decision overturning Roe v. Wade is an assault on the bodily autonomy of half the population. It’s also an assault on democracy. Americans support upholding Roe by a two-to-one margin. Fewer than 8 percent want abortion to be illegal under all circumstances — which it will quickly become in multiple states as soon as Roe is gone. Whatever the intentions of the anonymous leaker, anyone who shines a light on what powerful actors are doing behind the scenes is performing a public service.

Now that we know what the court is planning, the next question is what the Democrats will do with this information. So far, all that seems to be in the works is a symbolic vote intended to put everyone on the record and lay the groundwork for making abortion rights an issue in the midterms.

That’s pathetic. Democrats want to posture as the defenders of democracy and gender equality. But as long as they continue to coddle the anti-choice reactionaries within their party, this rhetoric is a bad joke. A party that actually cared about those things would be waging all-out war to end the filibuster and codify Roe into law.