The Supreme Court's ruling allows states, through their elected
representatives, to decide for themselves how to deal with the issue of
abortion.
“This decision is the culmination of a deliberate effort over decades to
upset the balance of our law,”
Biden said at a press conference on June 24. “The court has done what it has never done before, expressly take away a
constitutional right that is so fundamental to so many Americans and had
already been recognized. The court's decision to do so will have real and
immediate consequences.”
Biden told the press that the only way to “secure a women’s right to
choose” is for Congress to pass legislation creating a right to abortion.
Notably, he added, "executive action can't do that."
The president did say that he would use his power to fight any attempts by
state or local officials that would interfere with a woman's ability to
travel to pro-abortion states for abortion. He also said that he directed
the HHS to "take steps" to ensure mifepristone, the first drug in the
abortion pill regimen, is "available to the fullest extent possible."
Finally, Biden condemned pro-abortion violence in response to the
court's decision. “I call on everyone no matter how deeply they care
about this decision to keep all protests peaceful. Peaceful. Peaceful.
Peaceful. No intimidation. Violence is never acceptable. Threats and
intimidation are not speech. We must stand against violence in any form
regardless of your rationale,” he said.
