‘How Devastating & How Wrong’: Karine Jean-Pierre Condemns Arizona Supreme Court’s Abortion Ban

8 months ago

During Thursday's White House press briefing, Karine Jean-Pierre was asked whether President Biden would speak out about abortion after the Arizona Supreme Court ruled on a near-total ban.

Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth reported stories, daily digests and more. Plus, members get a front-row seat at members-only events with leading thinkers and doers, access to premium video that can help you get ahead, an ad-light experience, early access to select products including NFT drops and more:

https://account.forbes.com/membership/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=growth_non-sub_paid_subscribe_ytdescript

Stay Connected
Forbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbes
Forbes Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/forbes
Forbes Video on Instagram: http://instagram.com/forbes
More From Forbes: http://forbes.com

Transcript

00:00My question is on two topics, Karine.

00:01First, on abortion, Vice President Harris

00:03is going to Arizona tomorrow

00:05to talk about the need for abortion access in the state.

00:08I know the President's own views on this topic

00:10have been evolving over the recent decades.

00:13Should we expect him to be talking in public

00:16about this issue?

00:18So, I want to be super-mindful.

00:20Like, tomorrow's event is a campaign event,

00:22so I'm going to let the campaign speak

00:25to the Vice President's engagement.

00:26Is tomorrow's event a campaign event?

00:27I thought it became official.

00:29From what I understand, it's a campaign event.

00:30So, I would refer you to her team, at least.

00:33But from my understanding, it's a campaign event.

00:35So, I'll leave that there.

00:37But, you know, the President spoke to this.

00:40He shouted a question about what occurred in Arizona,

00:45how devastating and how wrong the decision

00:47to go back to 1864 to make it more difficult for women,

00:53millions of women.

00:54And, you know, he talked about that,

00:57so I certainly will refer you to his comments.

01:00The President has consistently been very clear

01:03about where he stands. He stands for women's rights.

01:05He stands for women to be able to make decisions

01:07about their bodies, right?

01:08He stands for reproductive freedom.

01:10He put a statement out right after Arizona

01:13made their decision.

01:15So, he's been very, you know, very steadfast and out front.

01:19On this, you're going to hear from the Vice President,

01:21so you'll hear directly from her.

01:22We've been really clear.

01:24And all of this, what we're seeing right now in states,

01:27we have 21 states that have extreme bans,

01:3021 states across the country.

01:32And a lot of-and that has been caused by the chaos

01:35that we have seen from the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

01:38And that's because, obviously, of the Dobbs decision.

01:40It was a-it was a constitutional right for almost 50 years,

01:44and that has been taken away from women.

01:46And so, it's caused chaos,

01:48and we're going to continue to call that out.

01:49We should be fighting for women's rights,

01:51women's freedom, Americans' freedom.

01:53And that's not what-that's not where Republicans are.

01:56I know other-

‘How Devastating & How Wrong’: Karine Jean-Pierre Condemns Arizona Supreme Court’s Abortion Ban

Category

Transcript

Recommended