Washington - “Roe v. Wade. Read it, man! You’ll get educated”, said President Biden to EWTN reporter Owen Jensen, after being asked on Thursday afternoon if there should be any restrictions on abortion at all.
Biden said that he supported abortion restrictions, contradicting his administration’s policies advocating for abortion through all nine months of pregnancy.
Biden’s administration policies and past statements contradict his comment that he is for restrictions on abortion.
The president has made it clear, during the midterm campaigns that he would codify Roe v. Wade and sign the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA), the most radical piece of abortion legislation yet.
As previously reported by CNA, the WHPA would forbid any kind of abortion restrictions before and after fetal viability.
The act defines viability as “the point in a pregnancy at which, in the good-faith medical judgment of the treating health care provider, based on the particular facts of the case before the health care provider, there is a reasonable likelihood of sustained fetal survival outside the uterus with or without artificial support.”
The WHPA would forbid abortion restrictions after viability “when, in the good-faith medical judgment of the treating health care provider, continuation of the pregnancy would pose a risk to the pregnant patient’s life or health.”
It also would nullify pro-life laws across the country, including late-term abortion limits and parental consent laws.
In May, Biden sent a statement to Senate Democrats promising he would sign the WHPA into law.
In the letter, the president condemned “extreme” abortion restrictions happening at the state level.
“State laws designed to restrict access to abortion have increased at an alarming rate recently — in Texas, Mississippi, and many other states around the country,” the letter read.
The president called on Congress to eliminate “unwarranted and inappropriate restrictions” and “unjustified burdens on commerce” preventing women from obtaining abortions.
-CNA/EWTN