Rehoboth Beach: President Joe Biden said on Sunday he was considering declaring a public health emergency to free up federal resources to boost abortion access, even though white House Has said it doesn’t seem like “a great option”.
He also gave a message to the angry people Supreme courtLast month’s decision toppled the constitutional right to abortion and those protesting across the country: “Keep protesting. Keep speaking. This is critically important.”
The president said in remarks to reporters during a stop on a bike ride near his family’s Delaware Beach House that he doesn’t have the power to impose stricter restrictions or outright bans on abortion than more than a dozen states allow the procedure. .
Wade as the law of the land, she said, referring to a Supreme Court ruling from 1973 that established a national right to abortion.
Biden said Congress That right has to be codified and for it to have a better chance in the future, voters will have to elect more lawmakers who support abortion access.
Biden said his administration is trying to do “a lot of things to accommodate women’s rights” after the ruling, including considering declaring a public health emergency to free up federal resources.
Such a move has been pursued by advocates, but White House officials have questioned both its legality and effectiveness, and noted that it would almost certainly face legal challenges.
The president said he has asked officials “to see if I have the authority to do so and what effect it will have.”
On Friday, Jane Klein, director of the White House Gender Policy Council, said it “didn’t seem like a good option.”
“When we looked at the public health emergency, we learned a few things: One is that it doesn’t free up a lot of resources,” she told reporters.
“It’s in a public health emergency fund, and there’s very little money in it — it’s thousands of dollars. So it didn’t seem like a good option. And it also doesn’t release a significant amount of legal authority. And so far we’ve got that.” Haven’t taken action.”
He also gave a message to the angry people Supreme courtLast month’s decision toppled the constitutional right to abortion and those protesting across the country: “Keep protesting. Keep speaking. This is critically important.”
The president said in remarks to reporters during a stop on a bike ride near his family’s Delaware Beach House that he doesn’t have the power to impose stricter restrictions or outright bans on abortion than more than a dozen states allow the procedure. .
Wade as the law of the land, she said, referring to a Supreme Court ruling from 1973 that established a national right to abortion.
Biden said Congress That right has to be codified and for it to have a better chance in the future, voters will have to elect more lawmakers who support abortion access.
Biden said his administration is trying to do “a lot of things to accommodate women’s rights” after the ruling, including considering declaring a public health emergency to free up federal resources.
Such a move has been pursued by advocates, but White House officials have questioned both its legality and effectiveness, and noted that it would almost certainly face legal challenges.
The president said he has asked officials “to see if I have the authority to do so and what effect it will have.”
On Friday, Jane Klein, director of the White House Gender Policy Council, said it “didn’t seem like a good option.”
“When we looked at the public health emergency, we learned a few things: One is that it doesn’t free up a lot of resources,” she told reporters.
“It’s in a public health emergency fund, and there’s very little money in it — it’s thousands of dollars. So it didn’t seem like a good option. And it also doesn’t release a significant amount of legal authority. And so far we’ve got that.” Haven’t taken action.”