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Biden says he’s mulling health emergency for abortion access
The Associated Press ^ | July 10, 2022 | By HANNAH FINGERHUT

Posted on 07/10/2022 9:57:54 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden said Sunday he is considering declaring a public health emergency to free up federal resources to promote abortion access even though the White House has said it doesn’t seem like “a great option.”

He also offered a message to people enraged by the Supreme Court’s ruling last month that ended a constitutional right to abortion and who have been demonstrating across the country: “Keep protesting. Keep making your point. It’s critically important.”

The president, in remarks to reporters during a stop on a bike ride near his family’s Delaware beach house, said he lacks the power to force the dozen-plus states with strict restrictions or outright bans on abortion to allow the procedure.

“I don’t have the authority to say that we’re going to reinstate Roe v. Wade as the law of the land,” he said, referring to the Supreme Court’s decision from 1973 that had established a national right to abortion. Biden said Congress would have to codify that right and for that to have a better chance in the future, voters would have to elect more lawmakers who support abortion access.

The president said he has asked officials “to look at whether I have the authority to do that and what impact that would have.”

On Friday, Jen Klein, the director of the White House Gender Policy Council, said it “didn’t seem like a great option.”

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abortion; brandon; democrats; emergency; fjb; illegal
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Biden says he’s mulling muddled about health emergency for abortion access

There...fixed.

21 posted on 07/10/2022 10:11:46 AM PDT by econjack (I'm not bossy. I just know what you should be doing.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Biden said Congress would have to codify that right and for that to have a better chance in the future, voters would have to elect more lawmakers who support abortion access.

Why don't they just go straight for a Constitutional "Right to Kill Your Baby" (RTKYB) Amendment? I'm sure lots of states would ratify it and the progs could feel real good that their insane state ratified it.

22 posted on 07/10/2022 10:12:08 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“...see whether we in our day and generation may not perform something worthy to be remembered.”)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Brandon: “Keep protesting. Keep making your point. It’s critically important that we continue to kill babies, especially those of color!”

Fixed.

Ignore this ghoulish, foolish, decrepit, senile, selected-not-elected, j@ckass!


23 posted on 07/10/2022 10:16:14 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I didn’t even know he was “with child”. 😂🙌


24 posted on 07/10/2022 10:16:58 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: xkaydet65

Yes, and Biden supported it for decades....
He left it out of the 2023 budget proposal,but I think conservative members of Congress will likely make it part of the budget or it will be a major sticking point....shut it down!


25 posted on 07/10/2022 10:18:18 AM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War" )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

2 1/2 more years...


26 posted on 07/10/2022 10:20:06 AM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: joma89
Except that he's using it so that he can use more federal tax dollars to pay for the transportation costs of people having abortions, and then blaming Putin for the high inflation.
27 posted on 07/10/2022 10:20:20 AM PDT by Red6
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To: rrrod

There won’t be a legal way to win elections in 2 1/2 years from now.


28 posted on 07/10/2022 10:21:53 AM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Really?

Another day, another illegal, unconstitutional executive order from the voice inside Pedo Joe’s earpiece.

File this one under “Il Duce says.”


29 posted on 07/10/2022 10:23:25 AM PDT by normbal (normbal. somewhere in socialist occupied America ‘tween MD and TN)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
“I don't have the authority to say that we're going to reinstate Roe v. Wade as the law of the land,” he said,

Good the demented old fool realizes that at least.

30 posted on 07/10/2022 10:23:49 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The SCOTUS decision does not create a "health emergency", and everyone knows it.

Bottom line, the decision makes abortion less convenient for some.

That's it.

31 posted on 07/10/2022 10:24:54 AM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston Churchill)
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To: Allegra

Good point. The failure to use that two letter word has sent this society down the tubes.


32 posted on 07/10/2022 10:25:51 AM PDT by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media )
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To: CatOwner

Damn I hope you are wrong.


33 posted on 07/10/2022 10:25:58 AM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

More evidence — as if any were needed — that the “emergency” powers held by executives need to be pared back greatly.


34 posted on 07/10/2022 10:27:26 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: blueyon
Goo I am sure the GOP will just let him to it...no court - no nothing

Not entirely up to the GOP to sue Joe Dementia if he tried such an unconstitutional trick. Plenty of conservative outfits including Judicial Watch will eagerly take him on.

35 posted on 07/10/2022 10:27:47 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

36 posted on 07/10/2022 10:29:25 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: CatOwner

We will win the midterms this year, just like we won in Virginia last year. The legal way.


37 posted on 07/10/2022 10:29:38 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Throwing the Constitution in the waste basket is not the answer.

Making it law that you can kill babies is not the answer.

MORALITY is the answer. You cannot kill babies because you want to.

38 posted on 07/10/2022 10:31:28 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

public health emergency = tested political strategy from Covid


39 posted on 07/10/2022 10:31:37 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The health of the baby? /sarc

And keep protesting? What a waste of energy. What you should ask your RAT congresscritters, especially in light of the decision leak, where is the legislation for an Amendment??? Shouldn’t it be ready to go with all that prep time? (confidential, they know it won’t pass)

Besides, as Obamacare showed, the Feds know healthcare is an Article 10 state matter. So ask your local reps, too, what are they going to do about it? That goes for either side of the issue.


40 posted on 07/10/2022 10:33:18 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("hold my phone; I'm from Alaska")
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