Biden backs public funding for abortion
In an interview to be aired this Sunday, the president confirmed that he will push for federal funding for abortion.
Joe Biden is focusing his campaign for the November midterm elections on abortion. The president announces that he will support federal funding for women to have abortions.
Axios had early access to several statements from an interview with Joe Biden to be posted on social media Sunday by the progressive media outlet NowThis. The president confirmed that he will allocate taxpayer money to abortion. This is how he responded to a medical student who asked him about abortion funding:
The president added that companies should help women who want to have an abortion:
Biden steps up his pro-abortion rhetoric
This is Joe Biden's second public appearance this week in which he spoke about abortion. On Tuesday, during a Democratic National Committee event at the Howard University Theater in Washington, the president pledged that his first action after the midterms will be to make a federal law recognizing the right to abortion if Democrats maintain a majority of representation in Congress:
Biden's plan rejects the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe vs. Wade in June, in which it ruled that abortion is not a constitutionally protected right.
The Democratic Party's defense of abortion
Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said in an interview on MSNBC that having children is the reason citizens are worried about the price of gas and groceries, suggesting that having an abortion could be a solution to high inflation:
Abrams' controversial and surprising words did not provoke any reaction from the Biden Administration. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, avoided comment when asked about her fellow Democrat's words: