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Today's show, what exactly is the Biden administration's plan when it comes to abortion rights?

It's your Politico Playbook Daily Briefing.

If you ask the Biden White House what their plan was for this week five days ago, it was

pretty straightforward.

Spend the end of June focusing on foreign policy, making use of a pair of European

summits, the G7 and NATO, to rally support for the hard-fought international coalition that

formed in opposition to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The White House's plan for this week as of now.

Scrap all of that.

Yeah, the summits will still go on, but the big story will be the aftermath of the Supreme

Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade, which eliminated the right to an abortion,

and may have dramatically changed American politics in doing so.

Even while he's in Europe, President Joe Biden will continue to focus his message on abortion

rights according to AIDS.

A White House official told Playbook last night, quote,

Throughout the week, we're going to be making a strong case demonstrating the contrast

between the president and the radical policies proposed by Republican officials.

It's hard to overstate the amount of pressure the administration feels at the moment

amid calls from allies to do something proactive, to fight for abortion rights, and to do it quickly.

But Biden advisors see this as being similar to inflation, an issue where the president,

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