LIVE: HHS announces increase access to medication abortion following Supreme Court’s abortion ruling
Updated: 10:20 AM CDT Jun 28, 2022
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra unveiled an action plan on Tuesday, at President Joe Biden’s direction, in response to the Supreme Court Decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health. The action plan includes increasing access to medication abortion and the right of a woman to travel to another state if the procedure is outlawed in her home state.Friday’s ruling struck down a 1973 legal precedent known as Roe v. Wade, ending constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place for nearly 50 years. Abortion foes cheered the ruling, but abortion-rights supporters, including Biden, expressed dismay and pledged to fight to restore the rights.”It’s a sad day for the court and for the country,” Biden said at the White House. He urged voters to make it a defining issue in the November elections, declaring, “This decision must not be the final word.”The Associated Press contributed to this report.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra unveiled an action plan on Tuesday, at President Joe Biden’s direction, in response to the Supreme Court Decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health.
The action plan includes increasing access to medication abortion and the right of a woman to travel to another state if the procedure is outlawed in her home state.
Friday’s ruling struck down a 1973 legal precedent known as Roe v. Wade, ending constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place for nearly 50 years.
Abortion foes cheered the ruling, but abortion-rights supporters, including Biden, expressed dismay and pledged to fight to restore the rights.
“It’s a sad day for the court and for the country,” Biden said at the White House. He urged voters to make it a defining issue in the November elections, declaring, “This decision must not be the final word.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
