Administration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., 2024

January 5, 2024

Today's Supreme Court order allows Idaho's extreme abortion ban to go back into effect and denies women critical emergency abortion care required by Federal law. The overturning of *Roe*

v. *Wade *has enabled Republican elected officials to pursue dangerous abortion bans like this one that continue to jeopardize women's health, force them to travel out of State for care, and make it harder for doctors to provide care, including in an emergency. These bans are also forcing doctors to leave Idaho and other States because of laws that interfere with their ability to care for their patients. This should never happen in America.

The Vice President and I believe that health care decisions should be made by women and their doctors, not politicians. We will continue to defend a woman's ability to access emergency care under Federal law. As this case continues, the stakes could not be higher for women across America. Congress must immediately restore the protections of *Roe *v. *Wade *so that women in every State can access the health care they need.

Categories: Statements by the President : Idaho, U.S. Supreme Court order concerning restrictions on access to abortion and reproductive health care services.

Names: Harris, Kamala D.

Subjects: Abortion; Idaho, restrictions on access to abortion and reproductive health care services; Reproductive health care; U.S. Supreme Court opinion overturning 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade; Vice President; Women's health issues.

DCPD Number: DCPD202400006.

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