Biden calls Trump 'most responsible' for 'stripping away' abortion, vows to veto any nationwide ban

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President Biden on Tuesday said former President Trump is "most responsible" for the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, blaming his predecessor for "stripping away" abortion rights and vowing to veto any potential national abortion ban.

Biden made the comments at a "Reproductive Freedom" campaign rally in Manassas, Virginia, on Tuesday afternoon.

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"I believe Roe v. Wade got it right," Biden said. "A New Supreme Court made an extreme decision overturning Roe v. Wade with their Dobbs decision."

Biden said the high court "did what it had never done before."

"It ripped away a fundamental constitutional right that was in place for nearly 50 years and that was so important to so many Americans for so long," Biden said, stressing that the "health and lives of women in this nation would be at risk."

Biden said women are "being turned away from our emergency rooms, forced to travel hundreds of miles to get basic health care, forced to go to court to plead to help to protect themselves, and the ability to often have children in the future."

"The cruelty is astounding and it's a direct affront to a woman's dignity to be told by extreme politicians and judges to wait to get sicker and sicker before anything can happen, even to the point where,