Biden to announce plans to ask Congress to codify Roe v. Wade abortion rights protections

President Joe Biden volition denote Tuesday that the archetypal measure helium volition nonstop to the adjacent U.S. Congress would codify the termination rights protections outlined successful Roe v. Wade.

Biden volition marque the committedness during a code hosted by the Democratic National Committee connected Tuesday day successful Washington, DC.

The president volition vow that if much Democratic senators are elected and his enactment keeps the House successful the upcoming midterm elections, the archetypal authorities helium volition nonstop would enshrine termination rights protections, according to a Democratic authoritative acquainted with his remarks. Biden aims to motion the measure into instrumentality adjacent to the 50th day of the Roe v. Wade decision, which is Jan. 22 of adjacent year, the authoritative said.

Abortion has go a captious contented for voters aft the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization determination overturned the protections of Roe earlier this year, sending the contented backmost to the states. Since then, much than a twelve Republican-led states — astir of which bash not let for exceptions for rape oregon incest — person efficaciously banned abortions.

Biden's announcement comes 3 weeks from Election Day, erstwhile voters volition determine which enactment controls some chambers of Congress. Republicans are favored to triumph the House, an result that would marque it each but intolerable to walk a measure to codify termination rights.

Democrats, who power some chambers of Congress, tried to o.k. authorities to enshrine Roe into instrumentality this year. Republicans denied Democrats — who clasp 50 seats successful the Senate — the 60 votes needed to flooded a filibuster successful the chamber.

Many salient Democrats person called to circumvent the filibuster to support termination rights with a elemental bulk vote, but astatine slightest 2 members of the enactment — Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona — person said they reason the move. Biden earlier this twelvemonth promised to codify the Roe determination if 2 much Democrats got elected to the Senate.

The Supreme Court ruling sent the contented of termination backmost to the authorities level, but immoderate Republicans are looking to further restrict entree nationally. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., proposed a nationalist termination ban that would see the punishment of jailhouse clip for doctors who execute them.