It has been two weeks since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and President Biden is set to sign an executive order on abortion access today, after Democrats have pressured him for the past two weeks.
The Biden administration said the executive order would be “safeguarding access to reproductive health care services, including abortion and contraception,” Axios reported.
This executive order is expected to formalize instructions to the Department of Justice and Health and Human Services to push back against limits on women’s ability to access federally approved abortion medication or traveling out of state to an abortion clinic, the Associated Press reported.
Biden’s order will also direct agencies to educate medical providers and insurers about how and when they are required to share private patient information with authorities, Fox News reported.
The president is also expected to ask the Federal Trade Commission to take steps to protect the privacy of those who may be looking online for information about abortion and reproductive care.
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The White House has already been clear in its support of abortion.
Vice President Kamala Harris is set to meet with state legislators from Indiana, Florida, South Dakota, Nebraska and Montana who are said to be “fighting on the frontlines to protect reproductive rights.”
Biden himself has spoken about his ability to protect abortion access in states where officials may be planning to restrict or ban abortion.
He has stressed that Congress also has the ability to codify abortion rights and that the issue did not just end with the court decision.
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