This is expected to have limited impact as Republicans in US states push through a wave of laws restricting abortion, access to medicines, and funding for such services.
“Last night they found out in Kansas”
The vote was a resounding victory for the abortion rights movement in the first nationwide electoral test since the Supreme Court ruling.
President Joe Biden (left) and Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough attend the first meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Access to Reproductive Health Virtually in Washington on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. Source: A MONKEY / AP
“I don’t think the court has any idea about this or the Republican Party about this … how women will react. They have no idea about the power of American women,” Biden said.
“This fight is not over yet, and we saw it last night in Kansas,” Biden said.
According to Biden, the Supreme Court “practically dared women in this country to come to the ballot box and restore the right to vote” that it had just lost.
Impact of Roe v. Wade’s decision
Biden said last month that the Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 weight with conservative judges, was “out of control” after it ruled in June that Roe v. Wade was overturned, ending half a century of women’s reproductive rights protections. .
He is urging Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to consider inviting states to apply for Medicaid waivers for patients who cross state lines for reproductive health services, the official said, without giving further details.
What does an order entail?
The Hyde Amendment, a Congressional measure, states that Medicaid will not pay for an abortion unless the woman’s life is in danger or the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest, making the order’s effectiveness uncertain.
Senate Democrats have rejected Mr. Biden’s call to end the House’s “stonewall” rule, which requires 60 out of 100 senators to agree to a majority of laws allowing them to pass legislation establishing a national right to abortion.
Kansas abortion vote impacts US medium-term outlook
A surprise vote in Kansas with a large number of Republicans to drop support for a ban on abortion sent a shock across the US political landscape ahead of the November midterm elections, and Biden Democrats are now seeing a glimmer of hope that they can avoid the predicted beatings.
The state is a Republican stronghold, but in Tuesday’s referendum, a proposal to remove the right to abortion from Kansas’ constitution was voted down 59% to 41% in an unusually high turnout.
Considering this was the first time Americans have been able to vote on the issue since the Conservative-dominated Supreme Court ruled to overturn the half-century-old Roe v. Wade ruling that enshrines abortion rights, Democrats are celebrating the result and saying about a serious adverse reaction. this is just the beginning.
Clear warning
Organization president Alexis McGill Johnson also urged voters to keep the momentum going until the midterms.
“We have the opportunity to defend access to abortion at the polls in November. We know that Kansas will not be our last fight or our last victory.”
Trump card
The November midterm elections, which will decide which party will control Congress during the last two years of Biden’s first term, seem difficult for Democrats, who even now control the legislature by only a few votes.
Donald Trump is pushing hardline right-wing candidates to promote his brand and may be setting the stage for his attempt to return to the White House in 2024.
