President Joe Biden said he would support an “exception” to Senate filibuster rules to codify abortion rights in the wake of the Supreme Court decision repealing the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.
“I believe we have to codify Roe v. Wade into law and the way to do that is to make sure Congress votes to do that,” Biden said in Madrid after attending the NATO summit.
“And if the filibuster gets in the way — it’s like voting rights — we should be requiring an exception to the filibuster for this action to deal with the Supreme Court decision,” the president said.
When asked specifically if the president would support changing the filibuster rules to codify abortion rights, he responded: “Right to privacy, not just abortion rights, but yes abortion rights.”
Biden said he’s meeting with a group of governors on Friday to discuss more solutions. He added that he’s going to do everything in his power that he “legally can do in terms of executive orders, as well as push…
