Greg Abbott said women still had six weeks to seek a termination under a controversial law – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called his remarks ‘disgusting’
8.25pm BST
One reporter asked Jen Psaki whether average Americans’ daily lives will be affected by the pandemic-related initiatives that Joe Biden plans to outline tomorrow.
“It depends on if you’re vaccinated or not,” the White House press secretary said. “There are six steps the president is announcing. There will be new components.”
8.09pm BST
White House press secretary Jen Psaki was asked for her response to Texas governor Greg Abbott’s latest defense of the six-week abortion ban in his state.
Asked yesterday why rape and incest victims should be forced to carry a pregnancy to term, Abbott pledged to “eliminate all rapists from the streets of Texas”.
“If Governor Abbott has a means of eliminating all rapists or all rape from the U.S. then there’d be bipartisan support for that.”
— WH Press Sec. Jen Psaki responds to Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) defending 6-week abortion ban by claiming he’ll “eliminate all rapists” from Texas. pic.twitter.com/oY5D1c3ojN
