Key moments from Biden's 2024 State of the Union address you may have missed

In his annual State of the Union address Thursday, President Biden highlighted key achievements of his first term in office and made the case that voters should give him a second.

The address comes as Biden heads into general election season, and days after former President Donald Trump became the last major candidate in the Republican presidential primary.

The State of the Union is one of the biggest television audiences the president will have all year. Here are six standout moments you might have missed.

Biden calls for support for Ukraine

Biden opened his remarks by saying that "this is no ordinary moment." He drew parallels to President Franklin Roosevelt's State of the Union address in January 1941, as World War II was raging in Europe, and "freedom and democracy were under assault."

Biden said it is critical for the U.S. to stand by Ukraine in its war against Russia, more than two years after Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion. And he urged Congress to pass a bipartisan bill to provide aid to Ukraine, which is currently idling in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.

A spotlight on reproductive rights, and a pledge to enshrine Roe

Biden didn't say the word "abortion" once during his remarks. But reproductive rights were a focus of the speech.

One of his guests was Kate Cox, a Texas woman who was forced to travel out of state for an abortion when her fetus was diagnosed with a genetic condition that is almost always fatal. Another was Latorya Beasley, an Alabama woman whose IVF treatments were paused after the state's Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are legally children.

He pledged to enshrine the protections of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that established the right to