President Joe Biden called the Supreme Court’s decision to repeal the national law that protects every individual’s right to abortion in the United States a “sad one.” But despite the court’s decision, he does not see it as over, instead he has two concrete plans to strengthen the protection of women.
– I know that people ask for action. The President will continue to try to find solutions. He will continue to talk to leading groups and he will continue to talk to legal experts, said President’s Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at a news conference on Saturday.
It is partly that Biden’s administration wants to try to prevent states from banning abortion pills, and partly that women should be allowed to travel to another state to perform an abortion if it is forbidden to perform an abortion in the woman’s home state.
“These are two very concrete steps presented by the president,” said Karine Jean-Pierre.
Want to restore Roe
Karine Jean-Pierre calls the Supreme Court’s decision extreme.
– This is a constitutional right that has been defended by the Supreme Court for almost 50 years, she says and notes that Congress must now act to restore Roe – to make it a national law again.
– And if that does not work, the American people must use their vote, and in the light of this decision, it is a matter of their vote at the ballot box. That’s how we can turn this around.
Jean-Pierre states that the president understands that he must continue to fight, but that he has already made two concrete proposals.
– And we continue to see what we can do more.
Mike Pence: Want to see a total ban
Republicans have praised the decision to repeal the national abortion law, and former President Donald Trump has stated that the Supreme Court’s decision gives the right back to where it belongs – that is, the states. Trump’s former vice president Mike Pence, on the other hand, wants to go further.
“We must not relax but must continue until the sanctity of life is restored as a cornerstone of American law in every state,” he said.
Hear what the court’s decision means in the clip above