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US president Joe Biden has promised that if the Democrats retain control of Congress in the midterm elections then he will reinstate nationwide abortion rights. The first bill he will sign into law next year will be to enshrine the landmark Roe v Wade ruling that was overturned by the Supreme Court in June.

President Biden and the Democrats have made abortion access and reproductive rights a central part of their campaign ahead of the elections.

Ameshia Cross is a political commentator and Democrat strategist based in Washington DC.

She says: "We know that over 70% of people in this country, regardless of political stripe, they believe in a woman having the right to choose when and if she becomes a mother. I think that this is something the President is really trying to showcase his strength in, and understand the pulse of the nation when it comes to issues of abortion rights".

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