Biden seeks ‘exception’ in US Senate regulations to protect right to abortion

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US President Joe Biden has called for an “exception” to his country’s Senate regulations so that the Democrats in Madrid can approve it. a law of rights abortion It overturns the decision of the Supreme Court. The courthouse ended last week with the protection of this right of women. The Democrats have only 50 out of 100 seats in the House, so they cannot take sweeping measures: by rule, a qualified three-fifths majority (60 senators) is required to do so.

So-called exceptions have already been made in the recent past. bandit What does the list mean? three-fifths of the vote. The singularity is known as the “nuclear option” and consists in changing the rules of the game temporarily to allow approval by a simple majority.

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Democrats’ weakness in the Senate delays bills on attempts to expand voting rights, greater control of firearms, or measures to improve the situation of irregular immigrants. Biden has suggested in the past that regulations should be changed to approve projects by a simple majority. In this case, it comes after the Supreme Court reverses the sentence. Karaca vs. Wade recognized abortion as a federal right. Currently, every state can legislate on this, and 11 already prohibit or greatly limit it, and others want to do so in the coming months.

Biden qualified “Error” decision of the Supreme Court. “We must change the Supreme Court’s decision on abortion (…) It did not only affect the woman’s right to choose. It also affects privacy in general,” he said at the closing press conference of the NATO summit in Madrid. Journalists asked him if any leader had asked him about the issue, and he replied, “Nobody,” “We are,” is better positioned than ever to lead the world. We continue to be the leader,” he commented.

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