{"id":276849,"date":"2022-09-27T12:43:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T17:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=276849"},"modified":"2022-09-26T21:10:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T02:10:36","slug":"white-house-press-secretary-biden-limit-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/white-house-press-secretary-biden-limit-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"White House press secretary refuses to say if Biden would limit abortion at any point"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the Biden administration\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_Si76hLtdjg\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">press briefing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Friday, September 23, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/white-house-refuses-to-say-if-president-joe-biden-would-favor-any-limits-on-abortion\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fox News<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> White House correspondent Peter Doocy and Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre had a heated <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/09\/23\/doocy-jean-pierre-spar-abortion-limits\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">exchange<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> over the Biden administration\u2019s official position regarding abortion limits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDoes President Biden favor any limits on abortion?\u201d Doocy asked. Jean-Pierre then redirected the topic to Senator Lindsey Graham\u2019s proposed national 15-week limit on abortion. \u201cYour position on his plan is clear, 15 weeks is unacceptable,\u201d Doocy replied.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jean-Pierre responded, \u201cI was speaking directly to what Republicans are trying to do. They are calling for a national ban which takes us backwards\u2014\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cA limit of 15 weeks, right?\u201d Doocy interjected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TXe1YWuWkEc\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s a national ban which will take us backwards and will put at risk the health of women. And here\u2019s the thing about this, Peter, it\u2019s not just national ban on abortion. We\u2019re talking about privacy, we\u2019re talking about contraception, we\u2019re talking about marriage. That is what extreme Republican officials are trying to do,&#8221; Jean-Pierre claimed without substantiation. &#8220;That\u2019s what we\u2019re speaking to. I\u2019m not going to get into specifics here, I\u2019m just going to lay out what they have said that they\u2019re going to.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhy not get into specifics?\u201d Doocy pressed. \u201cWhy can\u2019t you say how many weeks the president thinks the limit should be?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jean-Pierre then attempted to redirect the discussion to Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R\u2013Calif.), but Doocy wasn&#8217;t allowing it. \u201cI\u2019m not asking about Kevin McCarthy, I\u2019m asking about Joe Biden and his position on abortion. How many weeks?\u201d Doocy again asked, with Jean-Pierre repeatedly interrupting and attempting to speak over him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/fox-poll-abortion-banned-15-weeks\/\">Poll: Majority of Americans want abortion banned after 15 weeks<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPeter, I\u2019m answering your question,\u201d said Jean-Pierre. \u201cWhat Republicans are attempting to do is take us backwards. They\u2019re trying to take away the rights and freedoms of Americans. That\u2019s what we\u2019re calling out and that\u2019s what we\u2019re going to continue to call out.\u201d She continued to discuss various Republican actions and positions without answering Doocy\u2019s question.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are all covering the Republican plan but why can\u2019t you say how many weeks, why can\u2019t you say?\u201d Doocy asked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI answered your question,\u201d Jean-Pierre said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou did not answer my question, Karine,\u201d Doocy countered. \u201cWhy can\u2019t you say?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI did, I did,\u201d Jean-Pierre insisted, before calling on another reporter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Biden administration has expressed its opposition to the proposed 15-week protections for preborn children, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/09\/22\/jean-pierre-lindsey-graham-abortion-the-view\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mischaracterizing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it as a total abortion ban without exceptions for rape or incest, which is false \u2014 the bill actually contains those exceptions. Biden also falsely <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/catholic-leaders-bidens-abortion-advocacy-rape-incest\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stated<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the proposed legislation is stricter than the official position of the Catholic Church \u2013 in reality, the Church does not support abortion in any circumstance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the Biden administration\u2019s press briefing on Friday, September 23, Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy and Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre had a heated exchange over the Biden administration\u2019s official position regarding abortion limits.\u00a0 \u201cDoes President Biden favor any limits on abortion?\u201d Doocy asked. 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