President Joe Biden says he's considering declaring a public health emergency to free up federal resources to promote abortion access.
Norma McCorvey, using the pseudonym "Jane Roe," undertook a legal challenge that resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling in 1973 that legalized abortion nationwide.President Joe Biden said Sunday he is considering declaring a public health emergency to free up federal resources to promote abortion access even though the White House has said it doesn't seem like "a great option.
The president, in remarks to reporters during a stop on a bike ride near his family's Delaware beach house, said he lacks the power to force the dozen-plus states with strict restrictions or outright bans on abortion to allow the procedure.as the law of the land," he said, referring to the Supreme Court's decision from 1973 that had established a national right to abortion.
The president said he has asked officials "to look at whether I have the authority to do that and what impact that would have."
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