President Joe Biden Tries to Protect Abortion Access Across America (Still Possible)

The question is what the concrete results of the President’s orders will be. We can expect firmer interventions by the central government to trigger a resurgence of cases. That’s precisely why announcements of intent at this point are mainly about rigging the Biden administration’s administrative and legislative arsenal to accommodate women.

Either way, Biden was under pressure to do something. Many Democratic voters saw his response to the Supreme Court ruling Roe v. Wade Very dull and very weakly undone. Today, he emphasized in strong terms how much he regrets the verdict. “This is not a constitutional decision,” Biden said. “It’s a matter of raw political power.”

The President himself continues to insist on the need for federal legislation and looks to Congress for it. In signing the orders, he called on voters to vote for candidates who want to reauthorize abortion (under conditions) in elections for a third of the House and Senate seats in November. Country.

That certainly won’t work in the current Congress, where Democrats are too weak to make decisions on their own. The question is whether it will be easier in a newly elected Congress. For now, such legal regulation at the federal level remains rosy Admirable thought†