The meeting will mark the fourth time his task force on reproductive health care access has come together since the landmark abortion ruling was overturned.

The meeting will mark the fourth time his task force on reproductive health care access has come together since the landmark abortion ruling was overturned.

President Joe Biden will convene key members of his Cabinet on Monday to discuss abortion rights on the 51st anniversary of the Roe v. Wade ruling, according to a White House official.

The president will “hear directly from physicians on the frontlines of the fallout” since the landmark decision was reversed and detail new actions his administration is taking to strengthen access to contraception and medication abortion, as well as ensuring patients can receive emergency medical care.

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The Departments of Treasury, Labor and Health and Human Services will issue new guidance Monday to clarify standards and support expanded coverage of FDA-approved contraceptives at no cost under the Affordable Care Act for millions of women nationwide, according to the White House official.

The new effort will be launched by HHS to “educate all patients about their rights and to help ensure hospitals meet their obligations under federal law,” the White House official said.

The Office of Personnel Management will also offer new guidance to strengthen access to contraception for federal workers, retirees and family members, the official said.

  • @Telodzrum
    5•7 months ago

    Name the 60 Senators who were willing to vote for a bill that guaranteed abortion access in 2008. Just because there’s a (D) next to someone’s name doesn’t mean they are willing to cast that vote and there weren’t more than 54 Democratic Senators who would have (probably significantly fewer).

    But yeah, go on and rail against an imagined slight and malicious act by the Obama Administration. I should be surprised that a single iota of knowledge about Congressional politics and civics is too high a bar for you and your ilk to clear.

    • Omega
      5•7 months ago

      People seriously don’t understand that a decent amount of Democrats in the '90s, '00s, and early '10s were just Republican-lite. Not moderate conservatives, but legit right of Manchin.