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"Women’s health care rights have been under attack as states across the country have passed extreme laws restricting women’s constitutional right to choice under any circumstance," the statement reads. "Today, the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed that states cannot put in place laws that unduly burden a women’s right to make her own health care decisions with her doctor."
Louisiana's law put no restriction's on a woman's ability to choose to have an abortion. It required abortionists to maintain admitting privileges at a hospital. It was designed to keep the safety standards of Louisiana abortion clinics the same as the standards at any other surgical facility in the state.
Biden's statement goes on to say, "As President, I will codify Roe v. Wade and my Justice Department will do everything in its power to stop the rash of state laws that so blatantly violate a woman’s protected, constitutional right to choose."
Pro-abortion candidates make this statement surprisingly frequently. In addition to showing their unabashed enthusiasm for abortion under any circumstances, a desire to codify Roe v. Wade into the Constitution implies that the right supposedly given in the Supreme Court decision isn't reflected in the Constitution's text. Hopefully, the Supreme Court will soon be made up of justices who believe the same.
