Biden wants to encourage research on women's health. In the middle of an election year, the president also took the opportunity to distance himself from his Republican adversaries.
“Those who brag” about rolling back the federal right to abortion, or “support a national ban on abortion, have no idea of the power of women,” Joe Biden said at the signing of the decree. This document represents the most comprehensive set of actions ever taken by the executive on this subject, according to the White House.