On Tuesday, President Joe Biden, as Spencer covered, communicated his priority to the American people come this next Congress, and that’s to be signing the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA). Unless there was any question as to whether Biden supports abortion up until birth, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre during Tuesday’s press briefing was unable to name any limits the president did support.
RealClearNews’ Phil Wegmann got into it with Jean-Pierre as he tried multiple times to ask about the scope of the WHPA, also accurately raising the issue that it would go beyond codifying Roe v. Wade, and would actually expand it. Another concern is that the bill will invalidate pro-life laws passed at the state level.
Wegmann had specifically asked “would that bill simply codify Roe? Or would it go farther and overturn individual state abortion restrictions?” He also asked “are there any abortion restrictions at all that the president would support?” Read more…
