President Biden is expected to sign an executive order Friday aimed at protecting and expanding access to abortion procedures.
The move is in response to overturn the Supreme Court’s decision last month to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which made abortion a right under the U.S. Constitution.
“President Biden has made clear that the only way to secure a woman’s right to choose is for Congress to restore the protections of Roe as federal law,” the White House said in a statement announcing the measure. “Until then, he has committed to doing everything in his power to defend reproductive rights and protect access to safe and legal abortion.