The White House is at odds with Oklahoma lawmakers who voted in favor of “the most effective lifesaving anti-abortion” bill, which press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre deemed “the most extreme.”
The Oklahoma bill would, if signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt, ban abortion from the moment of fertilization, except in certain circumstances.
Responding to the move, Jean-Pierre reaffirmed President Joe Biden’s support for abortion under the Constitution. Biden, she said, believes that women “have the fundamental right” to abortion as part of making their “own reproductive health choices.”
“Roe has been the law of the land for almost 50 years, and basic fairness and the stability of our law demand that it not be overturned,” Jean-Pierre said in the statement. “Today’s action by the Oklahoma legislature is the most extreme effort to undo these fundamental rights we have seen to date.”…
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