Posted on 05/21/2019 10:57:30 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Joe Biden would support Congress enshrining abortion rights into federal law “should it become necessary,” his presidential campaign said Tuesday, following several other Democratic candidates in promising to take that step if elected president.
The hot-button issue has shot to the forefront of the Democratic primary following a spate of new Republican-backed state laws curbing access to abortion. With all the two dozen Democratic White House hopefuls supportive of abortion rights, the debate in the party has centered on how aggressive they should be if the Supreme Court were to eventually overturn legalized abortion nationwide.
Biden released a video on Tuesday blasting the GOP-backed state laws as “pernicious” and “wrong.” He stopped short in the video of endorsing congressional action and offered no specifics on how he would defend Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that is now potentially threatened with new legal challenges.
Asked by The Associated Press whether Biden believed the high court decision should be codified in law, the campaign initially pointed to the video, then later added that the former vice president would support legislation “should it become necessary.” A campaign aide then clarified that Biden would support action immediately, regardless of whether the Supreme Court overturned Roe. …
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Plugs has to protect the high holy Demonrat sacrament of infanticide.
OK, fine. We can do late term abortions...what, until 90 YO? And you ae in your 70’s?
Pass a law instead of relying on not-law judicial blatherings? How refreshing.
Hard to figure him out. Because he obviously likes little kids, especially little girls, if you know what I mean. That sick son of a so and so.
Support abortion all you want Old Joe, but don’t call yourself Catholic. You are no more a Catholic than a rock.
If the past is any indication, Congress will outlaw abortion for everyone but themselves. Given the age of the average pol, this would seem moot, but they do everything else that way.
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