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In a conversation with reporters, the press secretary of the White House Karin Jean-Pierre struck by Republicans for their efforts to ban abortion and accused them of trying to limit access to IVF and contraception treatment.

“Two years ago today, the Supreme Court struck down a woman’s constitutional right to make profoundly personal health care decisions without the interference of politicians. The consequences were devastating for women’s health and lives,” said Jean-Pierre.

She continued:

Already this year, Republican elected officials and states have filed more than 300 bills to restrict access to abortion care. And on Capitol Hill, Republicans in Congress have proposed three national abortion bans, and while they had every opportunity to protect reproductive freedom after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe, Republican officials blocked efforts led by Democratic elected officials and refused to do so .

Just earlier this month, Senate Republicans again refused to protect access to IVF for women desperate to get pregnant, and Republicans in Congress blocked a bill that would have protected women’s right to access contraception.

It’s extreme, it’s unaffordable, and it’s wrong… It should never happen in America.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal filed by the Biden administration against Republican-backed bans on gender confirmation in care of minors, the Associated Press reports.

The case will be heard in the upcoming court term, with transfers expected later this year. Conservatives hold an overwhelming majority of seats on the Supreme Court, and the petition gives them a chance to issue a ruling that could greenlight similar bans across the country.

Here’s more, from the AP:

The justices’ actions come after Republican-led states imposed various restrictions on transgender health care, participation in school sports, restroom use and drag shows. The administration and Democratic-led states expanded protections for transgender people, including new federal regulation which seeks to protect transgender students.

The case before the Supreme Court involves a law in Tennessee that restricts puberty blockers and hormone therapy to transgender minors. A federal appeals court in Cincinnati allowed the Tennessee and Kentucky laws to go into effect after being blocked by lower courts. (The Supreme Court did not act on a separate appeal from Kentucky.)

“Without this court’s swift intervention, transgender youth and their families will be left in the dark, unsure if and where they can get the medical care they need,” attorneys for transgender teenagers in Tennessee told the judges.

Actor Elliott Page, the Oscar-nominated star of Juno, Inception and The Umbrella Academy, was among 57 transgender people who joined a court filing in support of the Supreme Court review.

Arguments will be held in the fall.

Last week it became South Carolina 25th state to pass a law limiting or banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, even though such treatments have been available in the United States for more than a decade and are endorsed by major medical associations.

Joe Biden marked the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision by issuing a statement reminding voters of Donald Trumpthe participation of in the decision that gave the state the green light to ban abortions.

Since then, 14 states have enacted outright abortion bans, and another 27 have banned the procedure after a certain number of gestational weeks, according to Guttmacher Institute. In his statement, Biden described the situation as a “nightmare” for which only Trump can be blamed:

Donald Trump is solely responsible for this nightmare. For him, these draconian state bans are “a beautiful thing to behold” — and they’re just getting started. This is a person who boasts a rollover Roe v. Wade, has called for women who access reproductive health care to be punished — and says he’ll rule like a dictator on day one. Given the chance, there is no doubt that he would ban abortion nationwide, with or without the help of Congress. You don’t have to take my word for it – his advisers have already laid out the plans for this.

Good morning, readers of an American political blog. Today marks two years since the decision of the Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Orgwhich overturned the established 49-year precedent Roe v. Wade and allowed states to ban abortion. Since then, abortion rights advocates have succeeded in getting voters to approve measures protecting access to the procedure in such conservative states as Kansas and Ohio, as Democratic candidates across the country campaign on reproductive rights to win office. The party is now looking to continue that momentum in November presidential electionsin order to focus the anger of pro-abortion-rights voters Donald Trump – who appointed to the court three of the justices who supported the Dobbs decision.

“Two years ago today, Donald Trump’s Supreme Court majority took away women’s fundamental freedom to access the health care they need and deserve.” Joe Biden said in a statement released this morning to mark the occasion. While he remains secluded in the presidential retreat at Camp David before him The debate with Trump on Thursday, Kamala Harris will hold a campaign event today in Maryland where he will no doubt address the issue.

Here’s what else is happening today:

• Trump continued his inner-city campaign tactics over the weekend, holding his first rally in Philadelphia with a speech that focused on charging undocumented migrants with crimes, facts be damned.

• Same-sex marriagewhich is protected by Supreme Court decision and also from recently passed federal lawremains widely popular, although his support is waning among Republicans, Gallup finds in a new poll.

• Neither does the House nor the Senate are in session today, but the lower house returns tomorrow, with the Republican majority focused on passing spending bills that are likely to contain a number of right-wing demands to use as bargaining chips with Democrats.