Biden attacks Trump over abortion rights on two-year anniversary of fall of Roe – live
Democrats remind voters of loss of ‘fundamental freedom’ two years after supreme court Dobbs decisionUS doctors struggle to get basic abortion training two years after fall of RoeJoe Biden has marked the second anniversary of the supreme court’s Dobbs decision by issuing a statement reminding voters of Donald Trump’s involvement in the ruling, which gave state the green-light to ban abortion.Since then, 14 states have implemented total abortion bans, and 27 others have banned the procedure after a certain number of weeks of gestation, according to the Guttmacher Institute. In his statement, Biden described the situation as a “nightmare” that can only be blamed on Trump:Donald Trump is the sole person responsible for this nightmare. For him, these cruel state bans are a ‘beautiful thing to watch’ – and they’re just beginning. This is a man who brags about overturning Roe v. Wade, has called for women who access reproductive health care to be punished — and says he would rule as a dictator on day one. If given the chance, there is no question he will ban abortion nationwide, with or without the help of Congress. You don’t have to take my word for it – his advisors have already laid out the plans to do it.Trump continued his tactic of campaigning in inner cities over the weekend, holding his first rally in Philadelphia with a speech that focused on blaming undocumented migrants for crime, facts be damned.Same-sex marriage, which is protected by a supreme court ruling and also by a recently passed federal law, remains broadly popular, though its support is slipping among Republicans, Gallup finds in a new poll.Neither the House nor Senate are in session today, but the lower chamber will be back tomorrow, with its Republican majority focused on passing spending bills that will likely contain a number of rightwing demands to be used as bargaining chips with the Democrats. Continue reading...
Democrats remind voters of loss of ‘fundamental freedom’ two years after supreme court Dobbs decision
Joe Biden has marked the second anniversary of the supreme court’s Dobbs decision by issuing a statement reminding voters of Donald Trump’s involvement in the ruling, which gave state the green-light to ban abortion.
Since then, 14 states have implemented total abortion bans, and 27 others have banned the procedure after a certain number of weeks of gestation, according to the Guttmacher Institute. In his statement, Biden described the situation as a “nightmare” that can only be blamed on Trump:
Donald Trump is the sole person responsible for this nightmare. For him, these cruel state bans are a ‘beautiful thing to watch’ – and they’re just beginning. This is a man who brags about overturning Roe v. Wade, has called for women who access reproductive health care to be punished — and says he would rule as a dictator on day one. If given the chance, there is no question he will ban abortion nationwide, with or without the help of Congress. You don’t have to take my word for it – his advisors have already laid out the plans to do it.
Trump continued his tactic of campaigning in inner cities over the weekend, holding his first rally in Philadelphia with a speech that focused on blaming undocumented migrants for crime, facts be damned.
Same-sex marriage, which is protected by a supreme court ruling and also by a recently passed federal law, remains broadly popular, though its support is slipping among Republicans, Gallup finds in a new poll.
Neither the House nor Senate are in session today, but the lower chamber will be back tomorrow, with its Republican majority focused on passing spending bills that will likely contain a number of rightwing demands to be used as bargaining chips with the Democrats. Continue reading...
