President Joe Biden signs executive order safeguarding access to abortion for women restricted by state bans
President Joe Biden signed an executive order on July 8 to protect access to reproductive health care services after the Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision on June 24. For almost 50 years, that decision protected the constitutional right of women to make health care decisions without the interference of the state. Without that protection, the president noted, states across the country have outlawed abortion, threatening the lives and health, as well as the economic security, of women across the country, especially women of color, poor women, and rural women. Both the president and the Department...
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