01/19/2024

On Roe v. Wade Anniversary, Biden, Harris to Begin Abortion Rights Campaign

Democrats want to take the abortion fight directly to the ballot box

Democrats are set to kick off an abortion rights campaign next week on the 51st anniversary of the now-overturned Roe v. Wade U.S. Supreme Court ruling, with speeches by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris as well as advertisements focused on women affected by Republican-backed abortion bans.

With Biden running for re-election in November and his party seeking to defend its majority in the Senate and regain control of the House of Representatives, Democrats are hoping the issue of abortion rights will prove to be a winner at the ballot box.

The conservative-majority Supreme Court in 2022 overturned the Roe v. Wade decision, which was issued on Jan. 22, 1973. The Roe ruling had recognized a woman's constitutional right to an abortion and legalized the procedure nationwide. Since it was reversed, Republicans at the state level have passed numerous restrictive abortion laws.

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