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(LifeSiteNews<\/a>) \u2013 As pro-life activists across the country pursue a legislative strategy they hope will finally overturn\u00a0Roe v. Wade<\/em>, several Democrats running for president have endorsed national legislation to take abortion out of the states\u2019 hands entirely.<\/p>\n

Following numerous states that have passed bans on abortion once a fetal heartbeat can be detected,\u00a0Alabama<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Georgia<\/a>\u00a0recently signed new laws that ban the vast majority of abortions. Supporters hope the wave of more aggressive pro-life laws will provoke enough legal challenges to eventually reach the U.S. Supreme Court and overturn its 1973 ruling, restoring the ability of every state to set its own abortion laws.<\/p>\n

After former Vice President Joe Biden called the latest pro-life laws \u201cpernicious\u201d and \u201cwrong\u201d Tuesday, his campaign said he would support federal legislation to codify Roe \u201cshould it become necessary,\u201d the Associated Press\u00a0reported<\/a>, with an aide soon following up that Biden would support such a bill \u201cimmediately,\u201d without waiting for the Supreme Court to decide\u00a0Roe\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0fate.<\/p>\n

READ: Shock: Planned Parenthood helped write Colorado’s travel ban to Alabama<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Also on Tuesday, Texas Rep. Robert \u201cBeto\u201d O\u2019Rourke\u00a0vowed at a CNN town hall<\/a>\u00a0to work with Congress “to make sure that by statute we prevent states from taking away the right that every woman should enjoy,\u201d alongside holding a litmus test for pro-abortion judicial nominees and reversing current executive restrictions on taxpayer funding of abortion.<\/p>\n

The exact form such legislation would take remains to be seen, but pro-abortion activists have long advocated that Congress pass the\u00a0Freedom of Choice Act<\/a>\u00a0(FOCA) and\u00a0Women\u2019s Health Protection Act<\/a>\u00a0(WHPA), which would federally nullify a broad range of pro-life measures and forbid states from enacting even modest abortion restrictions.<\/p>\n

The AP noted that several other Democrats vying for the 2020 nomination, including U.S. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, Cory Booker, Elizabeth Warren, and Kamala Harris have already endorsed enshrining abortion \u201crights\u201d in federal law. Also on Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders reiterated his\u00a0past support<\/a>\u00a0for bills such as FOCA and WHPA.<\/p>\n

Every current Democrat presidential candidate is\u00a0running as uncompromisingly pro-abortion<\/a>; each of them currently in the U.S. Senate\u00a0also voted against<\/a>\u00a0giving basic medical treatment to infants who survive failed abortions.<\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s Note: This article was published at LifeSiteNews<\/a> and is reprinted here with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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