Biden leans into abortion rights in speech to Democratic activists

Already, the abortion issue in special elections has led to a burst of women registering to vote and to an elevated turnout, according to election analysts. Democrats are counting on backlash to the Dobbs decision — which overturned Roe v. Wade — to counter the headwinds caused by high inflation and a sour national mood.

Biden’s remarks about abortion came as he works through refining a midterm stump speech full of increasingly…