“I am directing that Council and the Office of the White House Counsel to launch a whole-of-government effort to respond to this decision,” Biden wrote in a statement sent to reporters.
In his statement, Biden proposed using the Department of Health and Human Services and the Justice Department to challenge the Texas law and ensure women’s access to abortions.
Nancy Pelosi is triggered because more innocent babies with beating hearts won't be destroyed in Texas. Really let how sick that is sink in. https://t.co/39HYcRVPKi
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) September 2, 2021
The president criticized the Supreme Court for choosing not to rule immediately to block the Texas law, calling it “an unprecedented assault on a woman’s constitutional rights.”