Biden says he’s mulling health emergency for abortion access

By Hannah Fingerhut – Associated Press

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden says he’s considering declaring a public health emergency to free up federal resources to promote abortion access even though the White House has said it doesn’t seem like “a great option.”

President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media as he goes on a bike ride in Gordons Pond State Park in Rehoboth Beach, Del., Sunday, July 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden also has a message to people enraged by the Supreme Court’s ruling last month that ended a constitutional right to abortion and who’ve been demonstrating across the country: “Keep protesting. Keep making your point. It’s critically important.”

He tells reporters while spending the weekend in Delaware that he lacks the power to force the dozen-plus states with strict restrictions or outright bans on abortion to allow the procedure.

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