Biden Calls Leaked Supreme Court Opinion ‘Radical,’ Says Roe Is Compatible with ‘Mainstream Religions’
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President Biden called a leaked draft opinion revealing that the Supreme Court is likely to overturn Roe v. Wade “a radical decision” in comments to reporters on Tuesday.
“If this decision holds, it’s really quite a radical decision,” Biden told reporters at Andrews Air Force Base.
Elsewhere in his comments, Biden indicated he could support codifying Roe in law.
“Roe says what all basic, mainstream religions have historically concluded, that right, the existence of a human life and being is a question,” Biden said. “Is it at the moment of conception? Is it six months? Is it six weeks? Is it ‘quickening’ like Aquinas argued?”
“So I mean, the idea that we’re going to make a judgment that is going to say that no one can make the judgment to choose to abort a child, based on a decision by the Supreme Court, I think goes way overboard,” added Biden.
REPORTER: Should the Senate do away with the filibuster to codify Roe?
BIDEN: I’m not prepared to make those judgments now, but, you know, I think the codification of Roe makes a lot of sense.pic.twitter.com/2Jtn0LOPyI
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) May 3, 2022
The comments came after a draft by Justice Samuel Alito overturning Roe was obtained and published by Politico on Monday night.
“The Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each State from regulating or prohibiting abortion. Roe and Casey arrogated that authority. We now overrule those decisions and return that authority to the people and their elected representatives,” the conclusion of the decision reads.
Chief Justice John Roberts confirmed that the draft decision is authentic in a statement on Wednesday morning.
“Although the document described in yesterday’s reports is authentic, it does not represent a decision by the Court, or the final position of any member on the issues in the case,” Roberts said in a statement. Roberts also said that he had “directed the Marshal of the Court to launch an investigation into the source of the leak.”
