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For: The opinion Updated 03 May 2022, 10: 10 am EDT
President Joe Biden criticized the possible decision of the Supreme Court to suspend the right to legal termination of pregnancy granted by Roe v. Wade, after leaking a possible decision already voted by the judges.
“I believe that a woman’s right to choose is fundamental… Roe has been the law of the country for almost fifty years, and the basic fairness and stability of the legal framework demand that it not be annulled,” he said. the president.
The president acknowledged that the Congress would be the only one that could avoid the consequences of a possible decision of the Supreme Court.
“We will need more pro-choice senators and a pro-choice majority in the House to adopt legislation to codify Roe, which I will work to pass and sign into law,” he urged.
The president reacted in this way to the Politico report on an opinion written by Judge Samuel Alito , which would have obtained votes in favor to annul the legal framework in favor of abortion .
The Democratic president, however, left the possibility that the leak was not a decision already made by the judges on the legal framework approved in 2015.