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.
"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.
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.
"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.
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.