“Disarray.” “Bewilderment.” Following the 1973 ruling of the US Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion, medical professionals, activists, and those seeking abortions have had to adjust to a new standard of care regarding reproductive health. It can make access to care particularly difficult in places like Texas where abortion is practically outlawed. The Biden campaign has pledged to uphold abortion rights as the US gets ready for elections. Is it possible? Produced by Sonia Bhagat, this episode features Amy Walters, Chloe K Li, and our host, Malika Bilal. This episode was fact-checked by Miranda Lin. Alex Roldan is the sound designer we have. Aya Elmileik is our lead for audience development and engagement, and Adam Abou-Gad is our producer for engagement.The executive producer of The Take is Alexandra Locke. The head of audio at Al Jazeera is Ney Alvarez.
The Biden approach: In the Sunday-released advertisement, an OB-GYN from Texas is compelled to leave the state in order to end her desired but unviable pregnancy. The White House declared on Monday that it would take executive action to increase access to contraception and abortion. On Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris will begin her nationwide “reproductive freedoms tour” in Wisconsin. During her more than a dozen stops, Harris will highlight the experiences of pregnant women who have been impacted by abortion restrictions. Subsequently, on Tuesday, Biden and Harris will participate in their first joint reelection campaign event, a rally in Northern Virginia that Center on the importance of the abortion rights election.
Subsequently, on Tuesday, Biden and Harris will participate in their first joint reelection campaign event, a rally in Northern Virginia that Center on the importance of the abortion rights election. When combined, the concerted effort represents Biden’s most overt attempt to date to highlight a topic he intends to make a centerpiece of his reelection campaign. This is because he wants to leverage a strategy that helped Democrats surpass predictions in the 2022 midterm elections and has proven to be a crucial element in multiple swing-state wins since the Roe decision was overturned.
Gretchen Whither, the governor of Michigan and co-chair of the Biden campaign, stated in an interview with POLITICO that if former President Donald Trump or another Republican were to win in November, the state protections that voters have enacted since Roe’s ruling, including those in her state, would be in jeopardy. Ahead of her speech at various events around Michigan, she declared, “We cannot afford to have someone in the White House who is going to rip these rights away that we have been fighting so hard to protect.” One of our candidates has pledged to employ all available means to safeguard a woman’s autonomy over her own decisions. Another person here is ecstatic that his appointees changed the court and took this away from American women.
The GOP position: Although he has refused to commit to a nationwide ban and has called for exceptions for rape, incest, and protecting the life of the mother—carve outs that some conservatives oppose—Trump, the likely Republican nominee, claims credit for appointing the justices who overturned Roe v. Wade and is backed by anti-abortion groups. The GOP is split on how to best take advantage of the overturning of Roe in the face of a broad voter backlash against state abortion bans; some want to leave the decision up to the states, while others are avoiding the subject, and many are calling for more aggressive action to restrict access across the board. Trump’s trial in New York is invalid, according to J.D. Vance, and a South Dakota tribe has banned the governor from the reservation due to remarks he made about the US-Mexico border. After being shot during a carjacking, a former official in the Trump administration passes away. Ignore the labels. The Left Is Biden’s Third-Party Threat.
According to Nikki Haley, states cannot break away. Conservative activists flocked to Washington, DC, on Friday and Saturday to commemorate the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. They demanded that the next president appoint a plethora of anti-abortion officials to the administration, who would use their executive authority at numerous agencies to impose restrictions on abortion, even in states where it is legally protected. For instance, during the annual anti-abortion conference organized by Students for Life on Saturday, Mike Pence, the former vice president of Donald Trump, stated that the next president ought to order the Food and Drug Administration to “pull the abortion pill off the market.” The actions of the Biden administration: A program to inform physicians and patients about their rights under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, or EMTALA, was introduced by an executive order that was made public on Monday. Patients who are denied an abortion in an emergency will now have an easier way to file a complaint, and the Department of Health and Human Services will have a stronger team to review these complaints and require hospitals to comply. The actions are being taken in advance of the Supreme Court’s April arguments regarding hospitals’ duties to perform abortions on pregnant patients who are experiencing a medical emergency.
Not yet revealed: In a Friday call with reporters, representatives of the Biden administration hinted that additional executive actions—such as a final rule bolstering HIPAA privacy protections for expectant mothers who choose to end their pregnancy—are planned.