White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki avoided answering a direct question about the leaked early opinion draft that indicated the Supreme Court might be poised to overturn the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade.
Even when asked specifically — twice — whether President Joe Biden would accept a decision overturning Roe as “legitimate,” Psaki redirected the conversation and did not provide an answer.
WATCH: Jen Psaki refuses to explicitly answer say whether the Biden administration would accept a SCOTUS ruling striking down Roe v. Wade as "legitimate."
She also laments how abortions of Asians, Blacks, and Hispanics babies would plummet. pic.twitter.com/KBGEPyT7kx
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) May 4, 2022
“If the Supreme Court does move to strike down Roe, should Americans be prepared to just accept that decision as legitimate, and would President Biden accept that decision as legitimate?” one reporter asked.
“Well, I can’t speak for what actions could be possible on the legal front, I would point you to the Department of Justice on that,” Psaki began. “What I can tell you will happen is — and this is what we are preparing for the possibility of — that if Roe were to fall, abortion would probably be illegal in about half the states in the country, up to 26 states.”
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