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Washington (CNN)President Joe Bidenfrom the White House Chief of Staff on Friday, the Supreme CourtDecided to deprive the national rights of the abortion, and he soon began implementing theplan that his adviser had been working on for months.

The best officials flocked to the West Wing to plan the day and the president's reaction. The draftspeech, written by two of his senior advisers, has been raised to allow Biden to make last-minute tweaks. And the aides began a long-feared day in the White House.

"We have a long way to go and we have a lot to do," White House adviser Dana Remus said on a phone call convened hours after the sentence was given. Spoke to a large group of abortion advocates and other stakeholders. According to the person she heard.

This decision was deeply disappointing to Biden and his team, butit wasn't a surprise. Since the draft opinion leaked about two months ago, authorities have been working to consider what options the president should take to mitigate some of the effects of the ruling. ..

The efforts led by Jennifer Klein, Managing Director and Co-Chair of the Gender Policy Council and Susan Rice, Director of the National Policy Council, include daily telephone calls, strategic sessions, heads of abortion rights groups, and faith. It included regular involvement with leaders. State legislators, privacy law experts, and more. In total, the White House has more than 200 patients, healthcare providers, policy and legal professionals, women's and reproductive rights advocates, state legislators, religious leaders and politicians, officials said. And talked to private sector leaders.

Aide recognizes that Biden needs to respond promptly and if a judgment arrives abroad where he is in flight or attends a summit in Europe next week. We have created an emergency response plan in preparation for.

Finally, a ruling was made while Biden was in the White House, and the authorities could not initiate an easily recognized response plan and restore national rights to abortioncourt. Was removed.

"This decision should not be the last word," Biden said in a statement from the White House lobby. "My administration uses all the proper legitimate powers. Congress must act. And your vote. You can get the last word. This is not the end.

Steps mentioned in his remarks-Increased access to drug-induced abortionand enable women to obtain abortion across state boundaries- It was the main focus of his team after that. Dozens of conversations with abortion advocates and professionals over the past two months.

On Friday, after a decision was made, White House officials told abortion activists that Biden had previously fought to protect reproductive rights while reiterating the importance of theprotest.Maintain peace, saying that it will continue beyond the actions announced.

White House adviser Remus said the ruling was the result of "intentional decades of effort to upset the balance of the law."

Remus said the ruling also endangered other rights, and Biden was "promised to counterattack both attacks on reproductive services and broader right to privacy."

Intergovernmental Director Julie Chavez Rodriguez warned that the ruling could mean "women and girls are forced to give birth to rapist children."

Klein, co-chair of the White House Gender Policy Council, said the administration "does everything" to protect women who need to travel outside the state to get an abortion. ..

Emmy Lewis, Director of Political Strategy at the White House, emphasized the importance of having abortion advocates stay in sync with the White House.

"We need to be united. We need to be close," she said.

And she repeated Biden's plea to avoid violence.

"In a very peaceful way, we need to make sure we own our voice," she said.

According to people familiar with the matter, the White House is in legal debate in preparation for the Supreme Court's ruling, and authorities are seeking guidance from the Justice Department on how far they can go. Help women access abortion services.

The focus of the debate is how far the federal government can go to help women access abortion outside the state, and to fund cross-state travel. It was whether using resources could violate the Hyde Amendment. Unless rape, incest, or the life of a woman is at stake, federal insurance is heading for an abortion.

Some activists have called on the White House to allow abortion providers to use federal property in states where abortion is currently illegal.

However, government officials are concerned that both options are legally dangerous and may violate the rules for federal funding for abortion. White House officials have sought guidance from the Justice Department on whether payment of travel expenses for abortion violates the Hyde Amendment.

Biden was a supporter of the Hyde revision for a long time, but during the 2020 campaign after his adviser told him he was not in step with the Democratic Party. I changed his position. His last budget proposal doesn't include it.