President Biden accused Republicans of failing to understand how improving women's health improves not only their lives but the prosperity of the nation as a whole. She made the remarks Wednesday afternoon at the inaugural Women's Health Research Conference at the White House.
“The fact is that the health of our mothers and grandmothers, our sisters and daughters, our friends and co-workers impacts not only the well-being of women, but also the prosperity of our entire nation,” Biden said at the conference. “That's true. We haven't told the other teams that yet. I mean across the board.”
Republicans, meanwhile, questioned whether Democrats understood the need to protect women, especially the Biden administration's push to allow transgender women to use biological female spaces and play on women's sports teams. He cited policies.
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President Biden speaks at the first White House Conference on Women's Health Research, December 11, 2024 (Getty Images)
“There is a willingness among Democrats to stand up and protect girls, to protect girls in their private spaces, to protect girls on the sports field, rather than forcing girls to participate in sports against men.” “Is there a member of Congress who's a member of Congress?” asked Tiffany Justice, co-founder of the conservative nonprofit Moms for Liberty. “The idea that Democrats protect women or respect women is complete nonsense.”
The judge noted that Ketanji Brown Jackson, Biden's nominee to the Supreme Court, was “reluctant to define what a woman is” when pressed on the issue during her confirmation hearing. did.
Sarah Perry, a civil rights attorney at the Heritage Foundation with extensive experience litigating Title IX issues, said Biden's comments have an underlying tone that “abortion is medical care,'' and that this is a key point for Republicans in this election. He pointed out that it was a hotly contested issue.
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“This administration has made a name for itself by promoting the most extreme ideologue policies,” Perry said. “So we're having a guy in an HHS dress tell us what medicine is. That's the plausible nature of this kind of representation.”
Republicans questioned whether Democrats understood the need to protect women, citing policies that allow transgender women to use biologically female spaces and play on women's sports teams. (Fox News Digital)
Republican strategist Colin Reed added that the Republican Party's electoral success last month shows that Americans reject this type of argument from Democrats.
“Democrats have become a one-trick pony trying to appeal to voters who face challenges across the board,” he said. “Until Democrats start meeting voters in their current position, they will continue to lose elections.”
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Trump Vance transition spokeswoman Caroline Leavitt said in a statement to Fox News Digital that Trump is campaigning on making “all Americans” healthy again, including women. He added: “We will deliver on that promise.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment but did not receive a response.
