President Joe Biden.Photo: Anna Moneymaker/GettyPresidentJoe Bidenvowed to sign legislation that would make the right to an abortion a federal law, the morning afterPolitico released a leaked draft opinionfrom the Supreme Court that details their decision tooverturnRoe v. Wade.In a written statement, Biden called on Congress to codify the right to an abortion and “protect a women’s right to choose” in light of the leaked opinion, in which Justice Samuel Alito writes thatRoe"must be overruled.“The draft, which the Supreme Court confirmed is authentic, is not expected to be finalized for weeks and could change during that time.“If the court does overturn Roe, it will fall on our nation’s elected officials at all levels of government to protect awoman’s right to choose,” Biden said. “And it will fall on voters to elect pro-choice officials this November. At the federal level, we will need more pro-choice senators and a pro-choice majority in the House to adopt legislation that codifies Roe, which I will work to pass and sign into law.“Biden said he believes “that a woman’s right to choose is fundamental,Roehas been the law of the land for almost fifty years and basic fairness and the stability of our law demand that it not be overturned.“For more on the leaked SCOTUS opinion to overturnRoe v. Wade, listen below to our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day.Abortions remain a constitutional right in the United Statesas of today. But even if the Supreme Court overturnsRoein the coming months, Congress has the ability right now to create and pass legislation that would make the right to an abortion a federal law.Any bill faces an uphill battle, though. The Senate needs 60 votes to pass legislation — more than just a simple majority of 50 because they would also need to override a likely filibuster — and Democrats hold a slim majority of 50 with Vice President Kamala Harris as the tiebreaking vote.Last year, the House passed theWomen’s Health Protection Act, intended to codify abortion rights, but when the Senate moved to vote on it in March Republicans, along with Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin from West Virginia, blocked it from going to the floor for debate.RELATED VIDEO: ‘I Pray for All … Who Will Suffer’: Many Stars Are Outraged at Sweeping Alabama Abortion BanThe other option is for the Senate to eliminate the filibuster, which they could do with just 50 votes, but Manchin and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat from Arizona, have repeatedly opposed doing so.Still, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, said Tuesday that he intends to have the chamber vote on a bill that would codify abortion rights.“A vote on this legislation is not an abstract exercise,” Schumer said on the Senate floor. “This is as urgent and real as it gets. We will vote to protect a woman’s right to choose and every American is going to see [on] which side every senator stands.”
President Joe Biden.Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty
PresidentJoe Bidenvowed to sign legislation that would make the right to an abortion a federal law, the morning afterPolitico released a leaked draft opinionfrom the Supreme Court that details their decision tooverturnRoe v. Wade.In a written statement, Biden called on Congress to codify the right to an abortion and “protect a women’s right to choose” in light of the leaked opinion, in which Justice Samuel Alito writes thatRoe"must be overruled.“The draft, which the Supreme Court confirmed is authentic, is not expected to be finalized for weeks and could change during that time.“If the court does overturn Roe, it will fall on our nation’s elected officials at all levels of government to protect awoman’s right to choose,” Biden said. “And it will fall on voters to elect pro-choice officials this November. At the federal level, we will need more pro-choice senators and a pro-choice majority in the House to adopt legislation that codifies Roe, which I will work to pass and sign into law.“Biden said he believes “that a woman’s right to choose is fundamental,Roehas been the law of the land for almost fifty years and basic fairness and the stability of our law demand that it not be overturned.“For more on the leaked SCOTUS opinion to overturnRoe v. Wade, listen below to our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day.Abortions remain a constitutional right in the United Statesas of today. But even if the Supreme Court overturnsRoein the coming months, Congress has the ability right now to create and pass legislation that would make the right to an abortion a federal law.Any bill faces an uphill battle, though. The Senate needs 60 votes to pass legislation — more than just a simple majority of 50 because they would also need to override a likely filibuster — and Democrats hold a slim majority of 50 with Vice President Kamala Harris as the tiebreaking vote.Last year, the House passed theWomen’s Health Protection Act, intended to codify abortion rights, but when the Senate moved to vote on it in March Republicans, along with Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin from West Virginia, blocked it from going to the floor for debate.RELATED VIDEO: ‘I Pray for All … Who Will Suffer’: Many Stars Are Outraged at Sweeping Alabama Abortion BanThe other option is for the Senate to eliminate the filibuster, which they could do with just 50 votes, but Manchin and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat from Arizona, have repeatedly opposed doing so.Still, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, said Tuesday that he intends to have the chamber vote on a bill that would codify abortion rights.“A vote on this legislation is not an abstract exercise,” Schumer said on the Senate floor. “This is as urgent and real as it gets. We will vote to protect a woman’s right to choose and every American is going to see [on] which side every senator stands.”
PresidentJoe Bidenvowed to sign legislation that would make the right to an abortion a federal law, the morning afterPolitico released a leaked draft opinionfrom the Supreme Court that details their decision tooverturnRoe v. Wade.
In a written statement, Biden called on Congress to codify the right to an abortion and “protect a women’s right to choose” in light of the leaked opinion, in which Justice Samuel Alito writes thatRoe"must be overruled.”
The draft, which the Supreme Court confirmed is authentic, is not expected to be finalized for weeks and could change during that time.
“If the court does overturn Roe, it will fall on our nation’s elected officials at all levels of government to protect awoman’s right to choose,” Biden said. “And it will fall on voters to elect pro-choice officials this November. At the federal level, we will need more pro-choice senators and a pro-choice majority in the House to adopt legislation that codifies Roe, which I will work to pass and sign into law.”
Biden said he believes “that a woman’s right to choose is fundamental,Roehas been the law of the land for almost fifty years and basic fairness and the stability of our law demand that it not be overturned.”
For more on the leaked SCOTUS opinion to overturnRoe v. Wade, listen below to our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day.
Abortions remain a constitutional right in the United Statesas of today. But even if the Supreme Court overturnsRoein the coming months, Congress has the ability right now to create and pass legislation that would make the right to an abortion a federal law.
Any bill faces an uphill battle, though. The Senate needs 60 votes to pass legislation — more than just a simple majority of 50 because they would also need to override a likely filibuster — and Democrats hold a slim majority of 50 with Vice President Kamala Harris as the tiebreaking vote.
Last year, the House passed theWomen’s Health Protection Act, intended to codify abortion rights, but when the Senate moved to vote on it in March Republicans, along with Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin from West Virginia, blocked it from going to the floor for debate.
RELATED VIDEO: ‘I Pray for All … Who Will Suffer’: Many Stars Are Outraged at Sweeping Alabama Abortion Ban
The other option is for the Senate to eliminate the filibuster, which they could do with just 50 votes, but Manchin and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat from Arizona, have repeatedly opposed doing so.
Still, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, said Tuesday that he intends to have the chamber vote on a bill that would codify abortion rights.
“A vote on this legislation is not an abstract exercise,” Schumer said on the Senate floor. “This is as urgent and real as it gets. We will vote to protect a woman’s right to choose and every American is going to see [on] which side every senator stands.”
source: people.com
