‘A 10-year-old should be forced to give birth to a rapist’s child? Biden fumes at story of Ohio girl who went to Indiana to get an abortion says we can’t let the ‘out of control’ Supreme Court and ‘extremist’ Republicans ‘take away our personal autonomy’
- President Joe Biden fumed about a 10-year-old girl in Ohio who was forced to go to another state to get an abortion after she was raped
- He used the dramatic story to make the case for Democrats to vote
- ‘A 10-year-old girl should be forced to give birth to a rapist’s child?,’ he said. ‘I can’t think of anything that’s much more extreme’
- Biden targeted the Supreme Court justices directly, calling them ‘out of control’
- Biden signed executive order boosting protections for abortion rights
- Comes two weeks after historic Supreme Court ruling and as president has faced criticism from some in his party for not doing more
- The order will push to safeguard access to abortion medication and emergency contraception and protect patient privacy
- Biden also will push back on efforts to limit the ability of women to access abortion medication or to travel across state lines to receive abortion services
- And the order will increase access to legal services for the abortions rights battles expected to come
- Biden will sign it later Friday morning at the White House
