Biden Remarks On Abortion In Wake Of "Political Earthquake" In Kansas

14:00 ET 19:00 BST: President Biden will deliver remarks at the first meeting of the "Interagency Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access."

• Livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKqbLRGcKa8
• The remarks come in the wake of a constitutional vote in Kansas yesterday which passed a resolution with a 60% vote to reject a proposed constitutional amendment to allow the state’s legislature to ban or impose tighter restrictions on abortion.
• The vote, the first on abortion since the Supreme Court decision in the case Dobbs vs Jackson Women's Health, suggests that there is strong support for abortion amongst Republicans.
• Punchbowl News called the result “stunning,” and Politico called it a “political earthquake,” in “a red state that former President Donald Trump carried in 2020 by nearly 15 points.”
• This result is likely to send shockwaves through Republican strategists looking to downplay the significance of the SCOTUS “Dobbs” decision ahead of the midterms.
• Politico suggests that the result has the potential “to reshape the entire midterm campaign.”
• Political analysts have as yet struggled to reach consensus on how prominent a role abortion will play in the midterms. Frontline Democrat will be hoping to reframe the midterms as a referendum on abortion which they consider a bipartisan issue, rather than the economy, inflation, and President Biden's low approval rating which all heavily favour Republicans.