NICHOLAS KAMM
President Joe Biden announced a pair of new guidances on reproductive health on Tuesday, as Democrats look to capitalize on the dissatisfaction with the aftermath of the landmark Supreme Court ruling.
The initiatives, which include a Department of Education guidance reiterating that students are protected from discrimination on the basis of pregnancy and a seven-figure grant to expand reproductive health care services, are the latest step in Biden’s slow-walking strategy on abortion rights since the high court overturned Roe v. Wade’s constitutional protections for abortion access.
Speaking from the State Dining Room of the White House alongside abortion providers and Vice President Kamala Harris, Biden called the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health a “fairly extreme decision,” and emphasized that in Roe’s absence, Republicans have sought to roll back abortion access nationwide.