Biden Signed An Executive Order To Protect Abortion Access But Said "The Only Way" To Restore Abortion Rights Is To Vote

President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Friday to protect access to reproductive rights and patient privacy, even as he continued to urge Americans to vote against the Supreme Court's decision.

He asked the Justice Department to protect the rights of women in states where clinics are still open. To keep them safe. The right of women to travel from a state that doesn't allow them to seek medical attention is protected. The FDA-approved medication has been available for over two decades.

Ensuring the safety of patients, providers, and clinics is one of the things Health and Human Services is directed to do by the order.

The White House will establish a task force on reproductive healthcare access to coordinate federal agencies and offer the attorney general's support to states with legal protections for providers and out-of- state patients.

The court gutted the constitutional right to abortion. In the weeks since the decision, top Democratic leaders have raised money and encouraged people to vote, despite having control over Congress and the executive branch.

Biden repeatedly urged people to vote in the November elections, saying it was the only way to restore abortion rights.

Two more pro-choice senators and a pro-choice House are needed. It can happen if you vote. It made a lot of people angry. The truth is this. The court dares the women of America to return the rights they have been stripped of.

A draft of the Supreme Court opinion was leaked more than 50 days before the final ruling, which has been criticized by the Biden administration.

The Democrats have 50 seats in the Senate and they don't want to change the rules to make it easier for bills to pass. In recent weeks, Biden and several others have said they would back a carve-out to codify abortion rights, though it's not clear if that would get the support of all 50 Democratic senators.

The White House should be applauded for implementing a whole of government approach to abortion access. The interim director of All* Above All said in a statement Friday that the plan the White House committed to months ago is both late and not enough. More people are being denied care because of this decision.

The order does not do enough to help the people of the Rio Grande Valley.

The co-chair said that the executive order was not bold enough for those seeking abortion care. There is a directive to protect self-managed abortions and contraceptives, but federal action is needed to address the realities of dismantled reproductive health care laws.

While abortion providers and advocates are fighting to keep the last clinics open in several states, abortion funds are helping people cross state lines to have their pregnancies terminated. According to the Guttmacher Institute, 26 states are expected to ban abortion completely. At least 16 states and the District of Columbia have laws protecting the right to abortion, and medication abortions are still widely available.