Biden urged to do more to defend abortion rights: ‘This is a five-alarm fire’

Furious Americans have taken to the streets, but many Democrats believe Biden has failed to capture the urgency and anger

High above America's capital, pro-choice activists scaled a construction crane, inching across its latticed steel arm, to affix a banner with a message for the president to see. It read: BIDEN PROTECT ABORTION."

In the days since the supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion, legions of furious Americans have taken to the streets to protest a decision that was once unimaginable. But as a new reality takes shape, many are demanding the president and Democratic leaders do more to defend reproductive rights.