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Biden: Wait Until You See How Mad Women Are

What: President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union address tonight, and women’s health featured prominently in the speech. A fiery Biden called for a federal law to protect IVF, the restoration of Roe vs. Wade, and gave a shoutout to First Lady Jill Biden and the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research.

One of his most memorable lines of the night was when he referred to a sentence from the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe that “women are not without electoral power or political power.” The he told the Justices: “You are about to realize just how much.”

Why it matters: Tens of millions of Americans watch this speech – it is one of the biggest audiences the president will have before November’s election.

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