Watch live: Biden addresses the nation after Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade

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President Joe Biden spoke to the nation on Friday after the Supreme Court ruled against abortion rights.

Biden spoke from the White House about the ruling that is expected to lead to a lot of states banning the procedure.

The nation's highest court threw out the law that established the right to abortion in 1973.

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about U.S. vaccination progress following a visit to a District of Columbia Department of Health (DC Health) coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination clinic, during remarks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 21, 2022. 

Biden was a young senator when he criticized the abortion decision. Biden has become a champion of abortion rights despite tensions with the catholic church.

Biden's political stance on abortion has caused some U.S. bishops to call for him to be denied communion.

A Mississippi law that banned nearly all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy is related to the case that led to the demise of the abortion law known as "Rie's demise".

The most important and controversial dispute of the court's term was that of Dobbs. It was the most serious threat to the right to abortion since the Supreme Court upheld the right to abortion.

The court upheld the Mississippi law.

In May, a draft of the majority opinion was leaked and sent shock waves across the country. The nation's highest court immediately began an investigation to find the source of the leak.

The report was written from New York.

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