Biden to sign executive order aimed at helping patients travel for abortions

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President Biden will sign an executive order Wednesday to direct his health secretary to consider actions to assist patients traveling out of state for abortions.

The travel-related provision in the order will call on Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to consider inviting states to apply for Medicaid waivers when treating patients who cross state lines for reproductive health services.

A senior administration official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to preview Biden’s actions, declined to share details on what a waiver would look like but said it would target low-income women served by Medicaid and help cover certain costs.

The executive order, the second Biden will sign on reproductive health since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, follows the administration’s call for the Department of Health and Human Services to explore all options to support Americans who live in states that have severely limited abortion access. The president’s actions also come a day after Kansas voters rejected an effort to strip away their state’s abortion protections.

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