Executive order

The order directs the Department of Health and Human Services to take new actions to protect access to abortion medication and consider updating guidance to ...

“We can’t wait 190 days [until the election]. People need care now and that wait could mean life or death for people.” “A lot of the issues we’ve been flagging for the White House ended up in this executive order,” she said. Voters are watching very closely for how their elected officials are going to show up for them right now.” They will also “consider” strengthening protections for doctors performing abortions in medical emergencies by updating the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, and plan to create another interagency task force that includes Attorney General Merrick Garland. “But they’re about to find out.” Biden had already asked the administration to explore many of these steps, while others remain vague on their exact mechanisms.

Biden delivered impassioned remarks Friday condemning the “extreme” Supreme Court majority that ended a constitutional right to abortion and pleading with ...

“President Biden has made clear that the only way to secure a woman’s right to choose is for Congress to restore the protections of Roe as federal law,” the White House said. Online searches, location data, text messages and emails, and even apps that track periods could be used to prosecute people who seek an abortion — or medical care for a miscarriage — as well as those who assist them, experts say. Privacy experts say that could make women vulnerable because their personal data could be used to surveil pregnancies and shared with police or sold to vigilantes. The order, 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. “I can’t think of anything more extreme.” “Your vote can make that a reality.” The decision in the case known as Dobbs v. His executive order also directs 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. He was joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, HHS secretary Xavier Becerra and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco in the Roosevelt Room as he signed the order. “The challenge is go out and vote. “The fastest way to restore Roe is to pass a national law,” Biden said. About a dozen more states are set to impose additional restrictions.

President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday aimed at protecting abortion rights in response to the landmark decision by the Supreme Court ...

He added that that the court's decision "has an impact much beyond Roe and the right to privacy generally. The President derided the Supreme Court's decision as "extreme" and "totally wrongheaded," saying, "What we're witnessing wasn't a constitutional judgment, it was an exercise in raw political power." White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said using federal lands for abortion services would have "dangerous ramifications." Jen Klein, the co-chair and executive director of the White House Gender Policy Council, said Friday the White House is "looking at everything" to ensure access to abortion and that declaring a public health emergency "is definitely not off the table." "It's outrageous. I don't care what your position is, it's outrageous and it's dangerous," Biden said.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Coordinating Implementation Efforts. (a) The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of the Gender Policy Council shall establish and co-chair an Interagency Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access (Task Force). Additional members shall include the Attorney General and the heads of other agencies as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of the Gender Policy Council. The Task Force shall work to identify and coordinate activities to protect and strengthen access to essential reproductive healthcare services. It remains the policy of my Administration to support women’s right to choose and to protect and defend reproductive rights. The Department of Health and Human Services shall provide funding and administrative support as may be necessary for the performance and functions of the Task Force. In addition, the Task Force shall coordinate Federal interagency policymaking, program development, and outreach efforts to address barriers that individuals and entities may face in seeking and providing reproductive healthcare services. In the face of this health crisis, the Federal Government is taking action to protect healthcare service delivery and promote access to critical reproductive healthcare services, including abortion. Women’s health clinics are being forced to close — including clinics that offer other preventive healthcare services such as contraception — leaving many communities without access to critical reproductive healthcare services. Yet today, fundamental rights — to privacy, autonomy, freedom, and equality — have been denied to millions of women across the country. Access to reproductive healthcare services is now threatened for millions of Americans, and especially for those who live in States that are banning or severely restricting abortion care. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), articulated the United States Constitution’s protection of women’s fundamental right to make reproductive healthcare decisions. (iv) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Chair of the FTC, consider options to address deceptive or fraudulent practices related to reproductive healthcare services, including online, and to protect access to accurate information. Protecting Privacy, Safety, and Security. (a) To address potential heightened safety and security risks related to the provision of reproductive healthcare services, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall consider actions, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, to ensure the safety of patients, providers, and third parties, and to protect the security of clinics (including mobile clinics), pharmacies, and other entities providing, dispensing, or delivering reproductive and related healthcare services. Protecting Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services. (a) Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit a report to the President:

WASHINGTON, DC - House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after President Biden signed an executive order that ...

I urge the Senate to act without delay and join the House in taking action to protect women’s reproductive choice in the wake of the extremist and precedent-ignoring Dobbs v. I urge the Senate to act without delay and join the House in taking action to protect women’s reproductive choice in the wake of the extremist and precedent-ignoring Dobbs v. While this executive order is important and will help women access reproductive health care where they need it and maintain privacy, in truth there is very little that the President can do on his own to address the dangers posed by the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v.