President Joe Biden convened key members of his Cabinet on Monday to discuss abortion rights on the 51st anniversary of the Roe v. Wade ruling.
The meeting marks the fourth time that his task force on reproductive health care access has come together since the fall of Roe roughly a year and a half ago.
Biden on Monday railed against the Supreme Court's 2022 decision to overturn the landmark ruling, calling it "a fundamental right ripped away."
“I said...on that day that Roe was overturned, the health and lives of women in this nation would now be at risk,” Biden said during his remarks. “And that has unfortunately proven to be true. They’ve been at risk.”
The president also reiterated his call for Congress to codify protections that had been provided by Roe, adding that if a bill were passed, he would "immediately" sign it into law.
"Stop playing politics with the women’s lives and freedom. Let doctors do their job," Biden said.
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