Roughly a mile apart, two different events in D.C. on Friday reflected the different directions of Republicans and Democrats on abortion headed into 2024.
once and for all.”
Hours earlier, Biden signed an executive order directing several agencies to consider new actions to improve access to contraception. During his speech, Biden acknowledged that he is being forced to sign executive orders on reproductive health because Democrats lack the political power to pass legislation in Congress. With most legislation needing 60 votes to pass the Senate, the pathway to a national law legalizing abortion seems narrow, even if Biden were to win reelection.
Three of those groups, Emily’s List, NARAL Pro-Choice America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund, endorsed Biden and Harris for reelection on Friday. Biden’s reelection campaign hailed the endorsements as a sign of his political strength among Democrats as he tries to win a second term.
“I think we lost control of the Senate in the last election cycle, because Donald Trump engaged in it and … focused on the past instead of the future,” Hutchinson told reporters after his speech at the Faith and Freedom Coalition gathering.Underlining the GOP’s conundrum, even the calls for a federal ban at 15 weeks of pregnancy did not go far enough for some in the crowd. Corey Check, a 21-year-old Republican attendee from Butler County, Pa.
Check said he believes there hasn’t been a consensus on abortion restrictions within the GOP, because “the party is pro-life, period” and that it hasn’t been the top concern recently.
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