Biden tackles the Supreme Court and announces measures to protect women seeking abortions
President Joe Biden, flanked by Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, delivers a speech at the White House on July 8, 2022 in Washington, DC.
After the recent decision of the Supreme Court on abortion, the American president denounced “the extreme plans” of a “Supreme Court out of control”.
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More than two weeks after the cancellation of the right to abortion in the United States, Joe Biden denounces "
the extreme projects
" of a "
Supreme Court out of control
".
Criticized in his own camp for his reaction deemed insufficient, the president announced a series of measures intended to defend American women's access to reproductive medicine.
But the scope of these decrees promises to be very limited.
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With our correspondent in Miami,
David Thomson
"
We can't let an out-of-control Supreme Court work with more extreme members of the Republican Party to restrict freedoms.
From the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Joe Biden hopes to calm critics in his own camp who accuse him of not doing enough since the
Supreme Court blasted the constitutional right to abortion on June 24
.
With emotion, the American president evokes the case of a 10-year-old girl pregnant after a rape in Ohio, forced to leave her state to have an abortion.
“
Ten years!
Raped, already traumatized and forced to travel to another state!
Put yourself in this little girl's shoes!
»
Through decrees, Joe Bien announced several measures to protect these women forced to travel for abortions.
The president also wants to prevent the judicial exploitation of their digital private data.
And facilitate access to the morning after pill.
So many measures have limited scope, so Joe Biden is calling on voters to mobilize en masse in November in the next election.
“
The only way to restore this right for women in this country is by voting.
So vote!
Vote!
Vote!
Vote!
»
A call for a vote that looks like an admission of helplessness when in 50 years, the Democrats have never succeeded in passing a law to guarantee the right to abortion.
Happening Now: President Biden, joined by the Vice President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, delivers remarks on protecting access to reproductive health care services.
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— The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 8, 2022
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