President Biden has issued an executive order aimed at protecting abortion and contraception access in response to the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
The move is Mr. Biden’s strongest action yet to ensure abortion access amid intense criticism from Democrats and progressives that he hasn’t done enough to work around the Supreme Court ruling.
Speaking at the White House, Mr. Biden also urged women voters to elect candidates who support abortion access — a tacit acknowledgment of the limits of executive power now that the abortion question has been kicked back to state legislatures.
“I don’t think the court, or for that matter, Republicans who have for decades pushed their extreme agenda, have a clue about the power of American women.