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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Joan E Greve in Washington

Biden condemns US supreme court’s ‘tragic error’ of overturning Roe v Wade

Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade, at the White House in Washington DC Friday.
Joe Biden delivers remarks on the supreme court decision to overturn Roe v Wade, at the White House in Washington DC on Friday. Photograph: Oliver Contreras/EPA

Joe Biden condemned the supreme court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade on Friday, saying the conservative justices’ ruling to eliminate the federal right to abortion access represented “a realization of an extreme ideology and a tragic error”.

“With Roe gone, let’s be very clear: the health and life of women in this nation are now at risk,” Biden said. “This is an extreme and dangerous path the court is now taking us on.”

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