The president's order excludes certain actions that progressives have demanded, such as authorizing the use of federal lands to set up abortion clinics in Republican-led states.
Facing mounting backlash from progressive lawmakers and activists over his tepid response to the Supreme Court's assault on reproductive rights, President Joe Biden on Friday plans to sign a limited executive order aimed at bolstering access to abortion for people living in GOP-led states that have rushed to ban the procedure.
"What the president and the Democratic Party needs to come to terms with is that this is not just a crisis ofBiden's executive action contains several major pillars, including"safeguarding access to reproductive healthcare services"—such as medication abortion and emergency contraception—and"protecting patient privacy and access to accurate information."
Under the new order, Biden will instruct the Department of Health and Human Services to"take additional action to protect and expand access to abortion care, including access to medication that the FDA approved as safe and effective over twenty years ago." The order, as summarized by the White House, also expresses the Biden administration's commitment to shielding the right of pregnant people to"travel safely to another state to seek the care they need" as Republican lawmakersBiden's unilateral action comes as members of his own party and advocacy organizations—which are
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