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President Joe Biden signed an executive order to protect reproductive rights in states that had previously declared abortion illegal on July 8, 2022. The President, as well as Vice President Kamala Harris, added extra protection for abortion with a second executive order. This event follows a big win in Kansas, a well-established red state.
Over 50% of voters shut down an attempt to continue to restrict women’s reproductive rights. President Biden described the overturning of Roe v. Wade, going as far as to call it “extreme”.
The Health and Human Services Department took using Medicaid to fund women going out of state into consideration. The President even referenced this saying “Voters in Kansas turned out in record numbers to reject extreme efforts…to take away a woman’s right to choose and open the door for a state-wide ban.
This vote makes clear what we know: the majority of Americans agree that women should have access to abortion.” A Medicaid waiver allows Pro-Choice states to see to women fleeing anti-abortion states as the waiver allows states to ignore other states’ regulations as it pertains to women’s reproductive health.
Further HHS research expands knowledge on the maternal health database. The President seems to be doing the most he can, but in the end, he alone cannot re-introduce abortion to the entire nation.
“So, the choice is clear, either elect senators and representatives who will codify Roe or Republicans…will try to ban abortions nationwide. “Nationwide,” President Biden continues, “This is going to go one way or the other after November.” As this debate goes on, more and more support seems to be rising for those who seek to re-legalize abortions. Sudden abortion wins in red states seem to prove this. The White House says, “Patients seeking reproductive care, as well as the providers who treat them, face an uncertain landscape of laws.”
Written by Malachi Brown
Edited by Sheena Robertson
Fox: Biden to sign second executive order to expand abortion access
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