WASHINGTON – Overturned Roe v. Wade in Supreme Court.
‘The battle is not over’
As reproductive rights are now in the hands of the governor and state legislature, “In some states, even the life of the mother is in question,” Biden said. “Republican congressmen with extreme … ideology are determined to go further and talk about a nationwide ban, at every stage, in all circumstances, to ban abortion, and to pursue broader privacy rights. But as As I said before, this battle is not over.”
The president, who works in isolation at the White House after testing positive for COVID-19 for the second time, signed a bill on Wednesday Executive order that will:
Biden’s remarks were delivered at the inaugural meeting of the Inter-Agency Working Group on Access to Reproductive Health Care, He said the task force was created in response to an earlier executive order “to ensure that at a critical time when women’s health and lives are at stake amid the chaos and uncertainty this decision has created, every part of the federal government is doing its part. a force. He gave some examples: “Women who have miscarried are being denied emergency medical care, doctors aren’t sure what they can do for their patients, and pharmacists aren’t sure they can prescribe the same prescriptions they’ve been prescribing.” “
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Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said he was “delighted” to be named co-chair of the task force. Becerra said: “I know that since the Supreme Court’s error Since the decision to put the lives of millions of fellow Americans at risk and take away liberty and autonomy, we represent many who are waiting for us to do the best we can. He listed several actions his agency has already taken, including launching the reproductiverights.gov website to inform people about their reproductive rights; issuing guidance to about 60,000 retail pharmacies on protecting patients from discrimination; and notifying all health insurers Companies are obliged to “not discriminate in the provision of services and care to all patients.” The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against an anti-abortion law in Idaho that would provide medically necessary access to women facing medical emergencies. Abortion doctors file criminal complaint. “Idaho’s near-total ban on abortion is in direct conflict with the Emergency Medical Care and Active Labor Act (EMTALA),” Garland said.
“Federal Hospitals receiving Medicare funds are required by law to provide the necessary stabilization of care for people with urgent medical conditions,” he continued. “If a patient enters the emergency room for a medical emergency that threatens the patient’s life or health, the hospital must provide the necessary treatment to stabilize the condition. This includes abortion when medical treatment is necessary. He added that the Justice Department recently created a reproductive rights task force to monitor similar state laws and take action against them as needed.
Kansas voters reject anti-abortion amendment
Also on Tuesday, Kansas voters voted 58.8% to 41.2% Overwhelmingly rejected — a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would allow the state legislature to ban abortion entirely, with no exceptions for rape or incest. The proposed amendment reads: “Because Kansas values women and children , the Kansas Constitution does not require government funding of abortion, nor does it create or guarantee the right to abortion. To the extent permitted by the Constitution, the United States, the people, through their elected state representatives and state senators, may pass laws regarding abortion, including, but not limited to, laws that account for circumstances of pregnancy resulting from rape or incest, or circumstances of necessity to save the life of mother.
Reactions to the vote were divided along the usual lines. Melissa Fowler, chief program officer for the National Abortion Federation, said in a statement Tuesday: The vote comes at a critical time as more states begin to pass harmful restrictive abortion bans. “Today, Kansasians can celebrate that their basic health care and bodily autonomy are still protected by the state constitution. “
“Today is a huge victory for the people of Kansas who voted to protect their fundamental right to personal and physical autonomy,” Nancy Norther, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights “In 2019, the Kansas Supreme Court recognized that the right to self-determination and bodily autonomy is deeply rooted in Kansas’ history and values, and Kansas voters today strongly agree,” Pu said in a statement Tuesday. Like the vast majority of Americans, Kansasians want to make their own decisions about abortion.
On the other hand, Mallory Carroll, a spokeswoman for SBA Pro-Life America, an offshoot of the conservative group Susan B. Anthony List, said in a statement Tuesday, Voting “disappoints pro-life Kansas and Americans across the country… Thanks to tonight’s results, Kansas may soon be the place to have unlimited on-demand abortions — even unlimited Late abortion. , paid for by taxpayers. The people and their elected legislators now have no recourse to use the tools of democracy to enact laws that reflect consensus.”
The National Right to Life Committee ( NRLC) also expressed disappointment. “Sadly, thousands of babies will die in Kansas,” the NRLC said in a statement Wednesday. The group claimed that, contrary to the misinformation spread by its opponents, “pro-life” Legislation allows removal of ectopic pregnancies and other procedures to save mothers’ lives, treat miscarriages, and impose no penalties on women who have abortions. .”
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