President Biden
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Biden, who has had a rocky relationship with abortion rights groups in the past, vows to protect Roe from Wade and assess possible federal responses to Texas ’abortion ban.
Thursday, Biden said his administration will look for places where unilateral actions can be taken, as the White House also says Congress must pass legislation to protect access to abortion.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi
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The abortion rights group, NARAL, wants the White House to strongly support the bill.
“The White House should make clear its commitment to this critical legislation to ensure that no other state has a chance to follow in Texas’ footsteps, ”said Kristin Ford, NARAL’s vice president of communications and research.
“It is time for Congress and the White House to explore all possible avenues to restore our democracy and defend our fundamental freedoms,” he added.
Texas law, which was signed in May and went into effect Wednesday after the Supreme Court overturned the blockade, bans abortions within six weeks and allows most citizens to file lawsuits against abortion providers if they believe the provider was violating the policy.
The White House has not explained what tools the federal government has to counter state law, but Biden said Friday that the Justice Department could take action against the provision that allows citizens to file lawsuits.
“I was told that there are possibilities within the existing law for the Department of Justice to see and see if there are things that can be done that can limit the independent action of people when applying … a state law. I still don’t know enough to give you an answer. I asked for it to be reviewed, “he told reporters.
Justice Minister Merrick Garland
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The gender policy council and the White House attorney met with reproductive rights advocates to hear their views on Texas law after the president ordered the two offices to initiate a government-wide response.
“On the table, we are seeing legislative actions, what are the best legislative actions, what are the actions that the administration itself can do, and it wants to see an action in it and remains committed to that,” the deputy press secretary said. of the White House Karine Jean-Pierre
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“All of this is being taken seriously by President Pelosi and the Senate Democrats, and we will work closely with them,” he added.
The Women’s Health Protection Act faces an upward battle in the Senate, where Republicans are likely to filibuster her.
The Senate colleague in the House bill has the support of 48 Democrats, but two Democrats, the senator. Joe Manchin
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“I think it’s important for the Senate to look back,” said Jacqueline Ayers, vice president of government relations and public policy for the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, when asked if Biden should push Manchin and Casey to support him. .
Another advocacy organization, the Center for Reproductive Rights, was pleased with the administration’s commitment to women’s rights after Biden issued a statement Thursday.
“President Biden’s statement affirmed the administration’s commitment to rights and access to abortion, and the Women’s Health Protection Act is the federal bill that enshrines these rights in law.” , said Katherine Gillespie, the center’s acting director of federal policy and defense.
Ayers also said Biden’s statement was “really strong” and that the group is pleased to learn what the administration has done about women’s rights.
“Just use the bully pulpit of the highest office in the country, for the president to say this is completely out of touch and we know it’s out of touch,” Ayers said. “See the president of the United States reflecting the views and values where we know voters are, [it] you can’t underestimate how crucial it is. “
That level of commitment was shown Thursday when the White House press secretary Jen Psaki
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Psaki dit Biden “believes it’s a woman’s right, it’s a woman’s body and it’s her choice,” and told reporters, “I know you’ve never considered those decisions and you’ve never been pregnant.”
Biden’s support for abortion rights has been a topic of debate for Catholic bishops. Biden, only the second Catholic president in U.S. history, regularly goes to church and claims his faith as a deeply personal aspect of his life.
Proponents of reproductive rights have not always been satisfied with Biden’s position on abortion. Throughout his long political career, he supported the Hyde Amendment, which was first passed in Congress in 1976, to ban the use of federal funds to pay for abortions.
Biden changed his stance during the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, when he said he could no longer support it. He said Republican efforts to restrict abortion motivated him to change his mind.
The president did not include the Hyde amendment in his 2022 budget, which was hailed by reproductive rights groups. Planned Parenthood dit at the time, it was “exciting to see the administrator’s historic step.”
“I think at the time we saw that there was a clear commitment to the repeal of Hyde, which was fulfilled when we saw the budget,” Ayers said.
He added that actions like this of the president are steps in the right direction.
“I think that’s an impetus,” he said. “We are seeing these actions that have already happened and we fully hope that the administration will continue on this path of maintaining what it said it supports reproductive rights and reproductive freedoms, and their actions prove it.”