The nearest abortion clinic – in Chicago – was too far away and too expensive for her mother to provide her with the procedure

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Why can’t Biden do something to safeguard abortion in his current term?

If he can’t do something on his current term, why will he be able to do something on his next one?

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It would take an act of congress, and the D’s don’t have the votes. Shitty but true.

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Don’t bother, he’s from Lemmygrad and just wants to blame the Democrats for everything

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Dude, I’m not even from the US. My question is, in my opinion, an obvious one, at least to an outsider to the US political system. Why do you have to vote him again, when he’s in power now?

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Biden doesn’t have the authority to safeguard abortion. He had the authority to veto Congress. Biden would veto a nationwide abortion ban. Trump or any other Republican would not.

Additionally, presidents appoint supreme Court justices in the event of a vacancy, or if Congress ever gets on board for expanding the court… do we’d need a Democrat in office if we’re ever going to reverse Dobbs.

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Can’t he do it temporarily via executive order?

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No. It isn’t in the scope of executive powers.

If there was a national law protecting the right to abortion, he could use executive orders to enforce that. But that isn’t the world we live in anymore.

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