WASHINGTON — As renewed concerns about the economy appear to be boosting Republicans’ chances in next month’s midterm elections, President Joe Biden spoke pointedly about abortion Tuesday in an effort to remind voters what’s at stake for women and families.
With exactly three weeks until Election Day, Biden went further than he has in other recent remarks on the subject of reproductive rights. In a short speech at the historic Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C., the president promised voters that codifying the abortion protections enshrined for 49 years in Roe v. Wade will be his first priority when the new Congress gets underway in January — so long as Democrats can hold the House and increase their Senate majority from 50 to 52.
“You gotta get out the vote; we can do this if we vote,” Biden said to an audience of younger Americans, describing the upcoming election as “the most consequential in our history.”
