Biden’s top priority for a second term: restoring abortion rights - eviltoast
“It is unfathomable that women today wake up in a country with less rights than their ancestors had years ago,” Biden's deputy campaign manager said.

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“The president has been adamant that we need to restore Roe. It is unfathomable that women today wake up in a country with less rights than their ancestors had years ago,” Fulks said.

Biden has been poised to run on what has been described as the strongest abortion rights platform of any general election candidate as he and his allies look to notch a victory in the first presidential election since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022.

Last month, Biden seized on a case in Texas, where a woman, Kate Cox, was denied an abortion despite the risk to her life posed by her pregnancy.

“No woman should be forced to go to court or flee her home state just to receive the health care she needs,” Biden said of the case. “But that is exactly what happened in Texas thanks to Republican elected officials, and it is simply outrageous. This should never happen in America, period.”

  • VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf
    76·
    11 months ago

    Do beware of the caveat that up until quite recently, the Democrats had a substantial minority faction of anti-abortion politicians from the south.

    “Before you criticise our dear leaders, take into account the anti-choice people who the leadership actively supported and promoted!”

    Every time a conservative democrat runs against a progressive or even a further left liberal, DNC leadership supports the conservative.

    The last anti-choice Dem representative, Henry Cuellar, was losing to pro-choice progressive Jessica Cisneros until Nancy Pelosi and Jim Clyburn endorsed him and personally showed up to speak at his rallies.

    • Tremble@sh.itjust.works
      28·
      11 months ago

      You’re just obfuscating. Don’t you see? There’s nothing the Democrats could have done!

      But elect Biden and he will codify Roe.

      Democrats are some dumb mother fuckers lol

      • Daft_ish@lemmy.world
        1·
        11 months ago

        … democrats are the dumb mother fuckers?

        No no you’re right what am I thinking. Donald Trump single handily solved covid. Remember when everyone shoved a flashlight up their ass and drank some bleach?

        “I voted thrid party!” (Vote for Trump)

        “I didn’t vote!” (Vote for Trump)

        “I’m not from america.” OH? Enlighten us. Which shit show describes your government?

            • Tremble@sh.itjust.works
              11·
              11 months ago

              As a person, yes… but as a candidate? I don’t have a lot of hope.

              No one has ever recovered from polling numbers as low as Biden’s…. And it’s getting worse. He has lost the youth vote and he needs it badly to win. And because of electoral college he’s already down 5 points even if the popular vote is 50/50

                • Tremble@sh.itjust.works
                  11·
                  11 months ago

                  You can believe that if you like but if you actually know anything about polling you are wrong. Dead wrong. No president had ever come back from Biden’s current polling at this stage in the term. I’m not a trump supporter, but I am critical of Biden and it is not looking good