A year after the US Supreme Court revoked the constitutional right to abortion, President Joe Biden pledged to fight abortion on Saturday. “extreme and dangerous” enterprise For blocking access to the procedure nationwide from Republicans.
The U.S. supreme court’s decision to overturn the landmark “Roe v. Wade” decision returned abortion regulation to state governments, and some of them have since taken action. drastically restrict voluntary deduction pregnancies
“State bans are just the beginning“His agenda is extreme, dangerous and unable to keep up with the vast majority of Americans,” Biden said on the anniversary of the decision.
20 states have already restricted abortion
About 20 states, mainly in the South and Midwest, have completely banned or severely restricted access to abortion, while others, particularly those along the coastline, have taken action to protect this right. HE clinical closures Abortion laws in nearly a dozen states have forced tens of thousands of women to travel to other states to terminate unwanted pregnancies.
“Republicans in Congress want to ban abortion nationwide, but go further, by taking FDA-approved drugs off the market to terminate pregnancy and makes it harder to take contraceptives”Citing the permits registered by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the federal body responsible for these matters, Biden said:
With a divided US Congress, there is little the president can do about it. Still, Biden said he will push for whatever protection he can at the federal level.Key issue in 2022 midterm elections and it’s likely to be just as important in the 2024 presidential race, where Biden plans to run for reelection.