(ETH) – Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, just confirmed what many had already known in regards to where he stands in terms of abortion rights. Biden who once considered himself a “pro-life Democrat” recently stated on an NBC town hall event Monday night that he would enshrine abortion rights in federal law if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
This came in response to a questioner’s concerns about the survival of “reproductive rights” if judge Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed to the nation’s highest court. “Cassidy Brown said having birth control and reproductive health care enabled her to start a career before having a family,” The Associated Press noted of the exchange.
“She asked Biden about his plan if President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett overturned women’s reproductive rights.” Biden responded to the question by declaring that he would make Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that made obtaining an abortion a Constitutional right, the “law of the land.”
“Number one, we don’t know exactly what [Barrett] will do, although the expectation is that she may very well move to overrule Roe, and what the only thing — the only responsible response to that would be to pass legislation making Roe the law of the land,” Biden said. “That’s what I would do.”
However, Biden never made it clear just how he would accomplish his mission. According to the Daily Wire, “Overturning Roe would likely dismiss the idea that access to abortion is a Constitutional right, making it nearly impossible to pass a law legalizing the practice without embroiling the federal government in endless litigation”. Biden, however, seems determined to find a way to ensure that “reproductive rights” remain on the books.