Administration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., 2021

September 1, 2021

Today Texas law S.B. 8 went into effect. This extreme Texas law blatantly violates the constitutional right established under *Roe v. Wade *and upheld as precedent for nearly half a century.

The Texas law will significantly impair women's access to the health care they need, particularly for communities of color and individuals with low incomes. And, outrageously, it deputizes private citizens to bring lawsuits against anyone who they believe has helped another person get an abortion, which might even include family members, health care workers, front desk staff at a health care clinic, or strangers with no connection to the individual.

My administration is deeply committed to the constitutional right established in *Roe v. Wade*

nearly five decades ago and will protect and defend that right.

Categories: Statements by the President : Texas, abortion restriction legislation.

Subjects: Health and medical care : Abortion; Health and medical care : Women's health issues; Texas : Abortion restriction legislation.

DCPD Number: DCPD202100703.

1