Joe Biden, the President of the United States, has said in a press conference at the ongoing G20 summit that he thinks the Democratic Party does not have enough votes to put into code abortion rights for American citizens. As the counting progresses, chances are that the Republicans will be taking control of the House while the Democrats have retained the Senate.

If this happens, the GOP Representatives can block any legislation regarding abortion rights.

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When asked about what Americans can expect about abortion rights, the 79-year-old said, “I don’t think they can expect much of anything.”

The Democrats have defied a historic tradition of the President’s party performing poorly at the first midterm elections since the former takes office. However, Biden thinks it still might not be enough to codify the most burning issue in American politics today.

Biden’s blunt comments reflected how Democrats’ euphoria over their strength in the midterms will soon collide with the likely reality of divided government in Washington.

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During the campaign, Biden said that if Democrats picked up seats, the first piece of legislation that he would send to Congress would be to enact a nationwide right to abortion.

Despite the Democrats taking control of the Senate, some party members have been reluctant to circumvent filibuster procedures in order to enact an abortion law.

Biden previously said “we need two more senators” to codify abortion rights, a reference to Sens. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who want to preserve the filibuster.

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If Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia wins a second term next month, Democrats will have only gained one seat.

In his first press conference from the White House post the elections, Biden said that election day on November 8 was a great night for democracy, but his hopes dimmed once the chances of Republicans gaining control of the House strengthened.