US President Joe Biden has promised to bring back the nationwide right to obtain an abortion if he is re-elected, as he faced off against Republican challenger Donald Trump in the first of two televised debates ahead of November’s razor-close presidential election. “If I’m elected, I’m going to restore Roe v Wade,” Biden said, referring to a landmark 1973 US Supreme Court case that prevented a ban on a woman’s right to obtain an abortion. In June 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade. Since then, US states have been able to decide independently on rules regarding abortion. Biden str…