White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday that President Biden and Pope Francis will discuss a range of issues on which they agree during their upcoming visit, and that abortion won’t be one of them.
During her daily press briefing, Psaki got into a heated exchange with reporter Owen Jensen of EWTN, a Catholic news network, after he asked whether abortion would be a topic of discussion when Biden meets with the pope this Friday in Vatican City during his travel to Rome for the G20 Leaders’ Summit.
“The White House has said they will discuss working together on efforts grounded in respect for fundamental human dignity,” Jensen said. “Will that include the human dignity of the unborn?”
“Well, Owen,” Psaki responded, “as you know, although you ask me most often if not every time about abortion, but I will say there was a great deal of agreement—”
