// Here is the promise I make to you and the American people: the first bill that I will send to the Congress will be to codify Roe v. Wade. I want you to remember that the final say does not rest in the court now. It does not rest with extremist Republicans in Congress… it rests with you.

— President Joe Biden, in remarks given at the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C., earlier this week, where he attempted to rally the Democratic base ahead of the midterm elections by promising to sign a law to ensure the right to abortion should Democrats maintain control of the legislature next year. “Let me tell you something,” Biden continued. “The court and the extreme Republicans who spent decades trying to overturn Roe are about to find out.”

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