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- Joanna Walters and Dani Anguiano

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Kamala Harris has said the Biden administration will use every lever" to defend the right to safe and legal abortion", following the supreme court's decision not to consider a Texas law that effectively bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.

We will use every lever of our Administration to defend the right to safe and legal abortion-and to strengthen that right. https://t.co/5WQAM7DNag