Joe Biden says he supports overriding filibuster to protect abortion rights – video
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The US president has said he would support changing the Senate filibuster rules to codify abortion rights nationally, calling the supreme court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade 'destabilising'. 'We have to codify Roe v Wade in the law and the way to do that is to make sure Congress votes to do that. And if the filibuster gets in the way, it's like voting rights ... we should require an exception to the filibuster for this action,' Biden said. He added he would meet with a group of governors on Friday to discuss abortion rights
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