[Politics] Biden "respects" the Court despite not sharing the ruling on abortion and Democratic senators ask him to declare a health emergency

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The president of the United States, Democrat Joe Biden, respects the country's Supreme Court and does not question its legitimacy despite the decision to revoke legal protection for abortion, which he called "terrible, painful and devastating." After a journalist asked if the president questions the legitimacy of the Court, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre assured that Biden sees the Supreme Court as legitimate and that he respects it. "What he believes is that this particular decision that was made is extremist and out of place, and this is something he will continue to say. But obviously he sees the Court as legitimate and respects it," Jean-Pierre told a conference. press conference aboard the presidential plane Air Force One, in which Biden traveled to Europe to attend the G7 and NATO summits. The Supreme Court ruling was approved with the support of six of the nine judges of the highest US judicial instance and upholds a Mississippi state law that restricts abortion after 15 weeks of gestation. However, the conservative majority of the Supreme decided to go further and revoke the precedents established in the past by the court itself that protected that right. With yesterday's ruling, the states that so decide will be able to totally ban abortion. While Democratic senators Elizabeth Warren and Tina Smith called on Biden to declare a public health emergency to protect access to abortion.

 

 

"We urge the President to declare a public health emergency to protect access to abortion for all Americans, to unlock resources and authority so that states and the federal government can meet the increased demand for reproductive health services." , note the senators in an opinion piece published in The New York Times. In this published text, the policies also encourage Americans to vote for Democratic candidates in the legislative elections next November in order to try to reverse the decision of the Supreme Court with a federal law. "If voters help us keep our control of the House and expand our majority in the Senate by at least two votes this November, we can make Roe ("Roe v. Wade" is the case that legalized abortion) law across the country. country in January," they note. Until now, nine states of the 50 that make up the country have prohibited the interruption of pregnancy this Friday as soon as the Supreme Court's decision was known, while another 14 states could do so in the short term. Warren and Smith also emphasize in their writing that "a large majority of Americans oppose the decision that the Supreme Court has just made" and that "almost two-thirds of Americans believe that abortion should be legal in all or in most cases." "In short: we must restore our democracy so that a radical minority can no longer stifle the will of the people. This will be a long and hard fight, and the road to victory is not yet certain. But it is a fair fight that we must win." No matter how long it takes. We both live in an America without Roe, and we're not going back. Not now. Ever." Warren has represented Massachusetts in the Senate since 2013 and Smith has represented the state of Minnesota since 2018.

 

 

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