MADRID (AP) – President Joe Biden said on Thursday that the Supreme Court’s decision to end the constitutional right to abortion is “destabilizing”, but he maintains that the decision does not affect the US position on the world stage as it takes credit for modernizing the transatlantic alliance to adapt to new threats from Russia and China.
Biden spoke to reporters at the end of a five-day trip abroad to confront NATO allies in Madrid and the leaders of the Group of Seven Advanced Democratic Economies in the Bavarian Alps, which came when the nation was still grappling with the effects of the Supreme Court decision. court from Friday.
“America is in a better position to lead the world than we ever were,” Biden said. “But one thing that destabilizes is the outrageous behavior of the United States Supreme Court, not only annulling Rowe v. Wade, but essentially challenging the right to privacy.”
He added: “I can understand why the American people are disappointed with what the Supreme Court has done.”
Biden said he would support a change in Senate rules that require 60 votes to pass most legislation to allow a bill to expand national protection against simple abortion, although Democrats do not have enough votes in the Senate to do so. .
The three-day NATO summit included the Biden administration, which announced plans to steadily increase the US military presence in Europe, an agreement between Turkey, Finland and Sweden to pave the way for the Nordic accession to NATO, and the alliance to update its strategic concept. . reflect that China’s “coercive policy” is a challenge to the interests of the Western bloc.
“I think we can all agree that this was a historic NATO summit,” Biden said.
He noted that the last time NATO updated what was essentially its mission was 12 years ago, when Russia was described as a partner and the document did not even mention China. The new document drafted at the summit changes that.
“The world has changed, changed a lot since then,” Biden said. “This summit was about strengthening our alliances, meeting the challenges of our world as it is day, and the threats we will face in the future,” Biden said.
Biden also highlighted reports at the G7 summit, including more economic and military aid to Ukraine as it aims to repel Russia’s four-month invasion, and reports of tougher sanctions designed to punish Moscow.
“We will stick to Ukraine and the whole alliance will stick to Ukraine as long as necessary,” Biden said. “I don’t know how it will end, but it will not end with a Russian defeat from Ukraine to Ukraine.
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