Joe Biden issues memo protecting abortion pills as Kamala heads to Florida for ... trends now
Joe Biden went on the attack against Republicans and the 6-3 conservative Supreme Court Sunday on what would have been the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade and issued a presidential memorandum protecting access to the abortion pill.
Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris will speak in Tallahassee, Florida Sunday afternoon to announce the new directives and discuss 'next steps in the fight for reproductive rights.'
The Supreme Court in June overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, issuing a ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that stripped federal protections for abortion and gave the rights back to the states.
'Today, instead of commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade, we are acknowledging that last year, the Supreme Court took away a constitutional right from the American people,' Biden wrote in a statement Sunday.
President Joe Biden issued a Presidential Memorandum Sunday protecting access nationwide to the abortion pill as Vice President Kamala Harris heads to Florida for remarks on what would be the 50th anniversary of landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court ruled in June against Roe v. Wade, which stripped federal abortion protections and send the issue back to the states. Pictured: Demonstrators with the March for Life rally in Washington, D.C. on Saturday for the first event since the overturn of Roe v. Wade
Harris will announce in her remarks that administration's new plan 'ensuring safe access to medication abortion,' specifically referencing the drug mifepristone, which is a pill used to induce a medical abortion or force a miscarriage. Combined with misoprostol, the drug is 97 percent effective during the first 63 days of pregnancy and can also be effective in the second trimester.
'Democrats are proudly cheerleading barbaric policies to allow unrestricted abortions — including infanticide. That's all anyone needs to know,' The Republican Party of Floruda wrote in a statement on Harris' upcoming remarks.
The 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade has brought about a flurry of reactions from both sides of the abortion arguments.
Demonstrators at the March for Life in Washington, D.C. on Saturday was the first time the gathering happened in the post-Roe landscape.
