AUGUST 26, 2022:
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden marked Women’s Equality Day by blasting abortion restrictions as “beyond the pale.” He spoke during a Friday meeting (Aug. 26, 2022) with state and local leaders at the White House. Republican-led states have been tightening their restrictions since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion nationwide, and Democrats are trying to harness outrage over the issue in this year’s midterm elections. “You’re going to hear women roar on this issue, and it’s going to be consequential,” Biden said.
AUGUST 3, 2022 UPDATE:
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday (Aug. 3, 2022) signed an executive order aimed in part at making it easier for women seeking abortions to travel between states to obtain access to the procedure. One of the directives will allow states that have not outlawed abortion to apply for Medicaid waivers that would help them treat women who’ve traveled from out of state. The order will also call on health care providers to comply with federal nondiscrimination laws and streamline the collection of key maternal health data. The order falls short of what many Democratic lawmakers and abortion advocates have demanded of Biden since the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe vs. Wade.
AUGUST 3, 2022:
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will sign an executive order aimed in part at making it easier for women seeking abortions to travel between states to obtain access to the procedure. One of the directives Biden will issue Wednesday (Aug. 3, 2022) will allow states that have not outlawed abortion to apply for Medicaid waivers that would help them treat women who’ve traveled from out of state. The order will also call on health care providers to comply with federal nondiscrimination laws and streamline the collection of key maternal health data. The order falls short of what many Democratic lawmakers and abortion advocates have demanded of Biden since the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe vs. Wade.
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