Biden condemns US supreme court’s ‘tragic error’ of overturning Roe v Wade

President says conservative justices' ruling to eliminate the federal right to abortion mean the health and life of women in this nation are now at risk'

Joe Biden condemned the supreme court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade on Friday, saying the conservative justices' ruling to eliminate the federal right to abortion access represented a realization of an extreme ideology and a tragic error".

With Roe gone, let's be very clear: the health and life of women in this nation are now at risk," Biden said. This is an extreme and dangerous path the court is now taking us on."