REHOBOTH BEACH: President Joe Biden Sunday said he was considering declaring a public health emergency to free up federal resources to promote access to abortion despite The White House has said that it doesn’t seem like “a great choice”.
He also gave a message to those outraged by Supreme CourtLast month’s ruling ended the constitutional right to abortion, and people protested across the country: “Keep protesting. Keep making your point. It’s extremely important. ”
The president, in remarks to reporters while stopping for a bike ride near his family’s Delaware beach home, said he doesn’t have the power to force more than a dozen states to impose strict restrictions or outright bans. abortion to permit the procedure.
“I have no authority to say that we will restore Roe v. Wade as the law of the land,” he said, referring to a Supreme Court decision from 1973 that established the national right to abortion. .
Biden said Conference would have to codify that right, and to give it a better chance in the future, voters would have to elect more legislators who support access to abortion.
Biden said his administration is trying to do “many things to meet women’s rights” after the ruling, including considering declaring a public health emergency to free up resources. federal.
Such a move has been promoted by supporters, but White House officials have questioned both its legitimacy and effectiveness, noting that it will almost certainly face with legal challenges.
The president said he asked officials to “look into whether I have the authority to do it and what impact that would have.”
On Friday, Jen Klein, director of the White House Gender Policy Council, said this “doesn’t seem like a great option.”
“As we looked at the public health emergency, we learned a few things: One, it doesn’t free up a lot of resources,” she told reporters.
“That’s what’s in the public health emergency fund and there’s very little money – tens of thousands of dollars in it. So that doesn’t seem like a great option. And it doesn’t free up a bunch of money, either. significant amount of law enforcement. And so that’s why we haven’t taken that action.”
He also gave a message to those outraged by Supreme CourtLast month’s ruling ended the constitutional right to abortion, and people protested across the country: “Keep protesting. Keep making your point. It’s extremely important. ”
The president, in remarks to reporters while stopping for a bike ride near his family’s Delaware beach home, said he doesn’t have the power to force more than a dozen states to impose strict restrictions or outright bans. abortion to permit the procedure.
“I have no authority to say that we will restore Roe v. Wade as the law of the land,” he said, referring to a Supreme Court decision from 1973 that established the national right to abortion. .
Biden said Conference would have to codify that right, and to give it a better chance in the future, voters would have to elect more legislators who support access to abortion.
Biden said his administration is trying to do “many things to meet women’s rights” after the ruling, including considering declaring a public health emergency to free up resources. federal.
Such a move has been promoted by supporters, but White House officials have questioned both its legitimacy and effectiveness, noting that it will almost certainly face with legal challenges.
The president said he asked officials to “look into whether I have the authority to do it and what impact that would have.”
On Friday, Jen Klein, director of the White House Gender Policy Council, said this “doesn’t seem like a great option.”
“As we looked at the public health emergency, we learned a few things: One, it doesn’t free up a lot of resources,” she told reporters.
“That’s what’s in the public health emergency fund and there’s very little money – tens of thousands of dollars in it. So that doesn’t seem like a great option. And it doesn’t free up a bunch of money, either. significant amount of law enforcement. And so that’s why we haven’t taken that action.”
