Biden signs executive order on abortion, declares Supreme Court ‘out of control’
This from reuters.com.
Joe Biden said the Supreme Court decision overturning the right to an abortion was an exercise in “raw political power” and signed an executive order on Friday to ease access to services to terminate pregnancies.
Biden has been under pressure from his own party to take action after the landmark decision last month to overturn Roe v Wade.
But it offered few specifics and promises to have limited impact in practice, since U.S. states can make laws restricting abortion and access to medication.
What we’re witnessing wasn’t a constitutional judgment, it was an exercise in raw political power.
We cannot allow an out of control Supreme Court, working in conjunction with extremist elements of the Republican party, to take away freedoms and our personal autonomy.
The White House is not publicly entertaining the idea of reforming the court itself or expanding the nine-member panel.
Instead, Biden laid out how abortion rights could be codified into law by voters if they elected “two additional pro-choice senators, and a pro-choice House” and urged women to turn out in record numbers to vote.
He said he would veto any law passed by Republicans to ban abortion rights nationwide.
Still, progressive lawmakers and abortion rights groups welcomed the directive. Senator Elizabeth Warren called it “important first steps,” and asked the administration to explore every available option to protect abortion rights.
Democrats are hoping the issue of Abortion Rights will drive democrat voters to the polls in the November midterm elections, when Republicans have a chance of taking control of Congress.
Protecting abortion rights is a top issue for women [d]emocrats, Reuters polling shows, and more than 70% of Americans think the issue should be left to a woman and her doctor. Click HERE for more.
After Biden’s remarks, Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said:
Democrats are out of touch with the American people.
In June, Biden proposed that U.S. senators remove a legislative roadblock by temporarily lifting the Senate “filibuster” to restore abortion rights, but the suggestion was shot down by aides to key democrat senators. Click HERE for more.
Earlier in June, sources told Reuters the White House was unlikely to take the bold steps on abortion access that democrat lawmakers have called for, such as court reform or offering reproductive services on federal lands. Click HERE for more.
The Supreme Court’s ruling restored states’ ability to ban abortion.
As a result, women with unwanted pregnancies face the choice of traveling to another state where the procedure remains legal and available, buying abortion pills online, or having a potentially dangerous illegal abortion.
For Biden’s executive order click HERE to read in full.
The following from theconservativetreehouse.com.
Note: Biden’s powers are constrained, because U.S. states can make laws restricting abortion and access to medication, and the executive order is expected to have limited impact.
Experts have said a pill used to terminate early pregnancies is unlikely to become available without a prescription for years. States that already restrict the medication would not be affected by the presidential order.
The correcting of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision will definitely not be the end of abortion in America.
In fact, after nearly five decades of believing the Constitution grants women the right of an abortion, democrats are able to rationalize without shame such a right is legitimate, and that correction of the error is a “Supreme Court out of control.
