Facing pressure, Biden to sign order on abortion access

[iemanja]

Source: Associated Press MSN

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will take executive action Friday to protect access to abortion, according to three people familiar with the matter, as he faces mounting pressure from Democrats to be more forceful on the subject after the Supreme Court ended a constitutional right to the procedure two weeks ago.

The White House said Biden will speak Friday morning “on protecting access to reproductive health care services,” but the actions Biden was to outline were expected to be limited in scope. He is expected to formalize instructions to the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services to push back on efforts to limit the ability of women to access federally approved abortion medication or to travel across state lines to access clinical abortion services. The people spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss Biden's actions before they were officially announced.

Biden's executive order will also direct agencies to work to educate medical providers and insurers about how and when they are required to share privileged patient information with authorities — an effort to protect women who seek or utilize abortion services.

The order, coming two weeks after the high court's June 24 ruling that ended the nationwide right to abortion and left it to states to determine whether or how to allow the procedure, comes as Biden has faced criticism from some in his own party for not acting with more urgency to protect women's access to abortion. The decision in the case known as Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned the court's landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.

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I'm not clear on how this can improve women's and pregnant people's access to abortion.

[Phoenix61]

1. It can't but it makes for good PR. nt

[choie]

2. He needs to be pressured to act?

nt

[murielm99]

5. I doubt it.

The media just loves to find ways to be critical of Joe, even when he does the right thing. They have to get their digs in.

[PoliticAverse]

3. There was over a month of heads-up as to the forthcoming decision. Any actions...

by the federal or state governments should have been taken the day the decision was formally announced at the latest.

[JohnSJ]

4. Bullshit. There is limited action he can do. For all the whiners, where were you in 2000, and more

importantly when some self-identified progressives were saying there was no difference between republicans and Democrats, and the SC really didn’t matter?

Let’s see what happens in the November midterms. That will be the test of how many are really upset about Roe, Civil Rights, Voting Rights, the environment, etc.

[betsuni]

6. Do something! Do EO! Use your magical powers! Does EO: NOT EOUGH YOU ARE BAD I AM NOT

GOING TO VOTE.