The president said the law would “significantly impair women’s access to the health care they need.'
President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the White House. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden on Wednesday rebuked a Texas abortion law that bans the procedure after six weeks of pregnancy, vowing that his administration would work to defend abortion rights.and upheld as precedent for nearly half a century,” Biden said in a statement.
The Texas state law took effect early Wednesday morning after the Supreme Court decided not to act on an emergency petition from Texas abortion clinics to put the new rule on hold. The new law not only bans abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, but it also allows Texas citizens to sue abortion providers or anyone who helps facilitate the procedure after six weeks.
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