President Joe Biden is launching a federal effort to respond to Texas 6-week abortion law. Biden here speaks from the White House in Washington, DC, on August 31.
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President Joe Biden is launching a federal effort to respond to Texas 6-week abortion law. Biden here speaks from the White House in Washington, DC, on August 31.
Mandatory Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

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Biden launches federal effort to respond to Texas law as he faces pressure to protect abortion

A new Texas law that effectively bans most abortions prompted President Joe Biden on Wednesday to use a word he'd entirely avoided as president: "Abortion."