Abortion set to take centre stage at Biden’s State of the Union as he vows to restore Roe v Wade

President Joe Biden will use his State of the Union address to hail the electoral strength of American women and vow to sign into law legislation codifying the federal right to abortion if returned to the White House with a Democratic House and Senate in 2025.

According to an excerpt of his remarks released by the White House, Mr Biden will reference the Supreme Court’s majority opinion overturning Roe v Wade in which the conservative majority on the court said women “are not without electoral or political power”.

He will quote those words from the court’s decision and remark: “No kidding”.

“Clearly those bragging about overturning Roe v. Wade have no clue about the power of women in America. But they found out when reproductive freedom was on the ballot and won in 2022, 2023, and they will find out again in 2024,” he will say.

Mr Biden will tell the assembled House and Senate members — and the American people watching at home — that if voters send him “a Congress that supports the right to choose,” he will sign a bill to restore women’s reproductive rights nationwide.

“I promise you: I will restore Roe v. Wade as the law of the land again,” he will say.