President Biden is urging voters to back candidates who will protect abortion access in the November midterm elections, as he met with Democratic governors on their response to the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
Mr. Biden underscored the need to drop the Senate filibuster to codify abortion rights, but emphasized it will happen only if voters send more Democrats to Congress.
“We don’t have the votes in the Senate to change the filibuster at the moment and that means we need two more votes,” Mr. Biden said Friday. “The choice is clear: We either elect federal senators and representatives who will codify Roe, or Republicans who [are] elected to the House and Senate will try to ban abortion nationwide.