President Biden has signed a presidential decree protecting the right to abortion

The White House stressed that even the presidential decree would not renew the rights to abortion in full for tens of millions of women, following the Supreme Court ruling.

According to the announcement, "the only way to ensure a woman's right to vote is for Congress to make past rulings a federal law enshrined in the Constitution."

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08/07/2022

Friday, 08 July 2022, 15:35 Updated: 19:46

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U.S. President Joe Biden today (Friday) signed a presidential decree aimed at protecting the right to abortion, in response to the Supreme Court reversing Roe's ruling against Wade last month.

Biden is expected to sign a presidential decree during a ceremony in the Roosevelt Room, with his deputy Camela Harris by his side.

Democrats and abortion supporters have pressured the White House to take a stronger position to enshrine the right to abortion in federal law following the Supreme Court decision two weeks ago to make Roe v. Wade anchor the right to abortion across the United States.

That is, to let the individual states decide whether an abortion is legal or not, and under what conditions.

Last month, Biden said he was considering taking presidential action, adding that he believed Congress should turn Rowe against Wade into federal law.

"There are some presidential decrees that I can implement, we are examining that," he added.

The White House stressed that even the presidential decree would not fully renew the rights to abortion for tens of millions of women, following the Supreme Court ruling, saying "the only way to ensure a woman's right to vote is for Congress to make Roe v. Wade a federal law enshrined in the Constitution."

Demonstration against Ohio abortion ban (Photo: Reuters)

The order today will force Health and Human Services Minister Javier Bisra to take steps to ensure abortion access, including abortion drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and extension of access to "full range of fertility services," according to a document obtained by CNN.

These services include "emergency contraception and long-term contraception such as an intrauterine device," reads a document that also cites contraceptive coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, passed in 2014.

The Ministry of Health is responsible for submitting a report in the next 30 days to the President regarding the implementation of the provisions of the Presidential Order, which also include increasing the protection of the medical and digital privacy of women in need of abortion.

In addition, the order establishes a task force of several agencies that includes Attorney General Garland Merrick, which "will provide technical assistance to states that provide legal protection to all patients outside those states, as well as assistance to legal health and fertility providers."

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