Biden Spox Jean-Pierre Blows Off Anti-Abortion Reporter At Briefing Asking About Rights of ‘Unborn Babies’

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told an anti-abortion reporter that President Joe Biden supports restoring Roe v. Wade, but shut him down when he asked about the “rights” of “unborn babies.”

Journalists who oppose abortion rights are frequent questioners in the briefing room and at presidential gaggles, during which the president and his staff have reiterated his support for the standard of “viability” that Roe imposed, generally understood to be around 22 to 24 weeks, but which can also vary depending upon how the time of pregnancy is calculated.

At Monday’s White House press briefing, one such reporter tried to press the issue, and Jean-Pierre responded by explaining Biden’s position. When he asked “do those unborn babies have any rights, then?” Jean-Pierre said she wasn’t going to “get into that”:

Q Karine, you said to Peter that the President wants to see Roe restored. It’s still not clear to me, though, if he supports the late-term abortion restrictions that were included in Roe.

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I — well, if it’s in Roe, then that’s what he wants to see. I’m just not going to get into it. It’s — whatever is in Roe, what Roe was when it was a constitutional law, that’s what the President wants to see restored. He’s been very clear about that.

Q He also said he wants to be a president for all Americans. But how, in this situation, with this issue, does he best represent the pro-life Americans who want to see more unborn babies saved?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: What I will say is a majority of Americans — a majority of Americans wants to see their rights protected, wants to see women have their rights protected, wants to be able to — wants — want women to be able to make those deeply, deeply personal decisions on their bodies on their own, and not politicians. That’s what the majority of Americans want to see.

And so, the President is going to stand with the majority of Americans on this issue.

Q And do those unborn babies have any rights, then?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I’m not going to get into that specific — I’m not going to get into that question. I’ve been very, very clear about this — where a majority of Americans stand, and that’s what matters.

But the President wants to see Roe become the law of the land, and that’s what he’s going to continue to ask Congress to do.

Thanks, everybody. We’ll see you tomorrow.

Watch above via The White House.