President Biden on Wednesday will sign a second executive order to protect access to abortion in response to the Supreme Court’s June decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
However, the latest executive order is vague on how Mr. Biden intends to achieve this aim, leaving it up to Health and Human Secretary Xavier Becerra to “consider” ways to ensure women can still access abortion services.
The order directs Mr. Becerra to “consider” bolstering protections for women traveling out of state for abortion services, including through Medicaid.
It also orders Mr. Becerra to take actions to ensure health care providers are complying with federal non-discrimination laws, though it does not specify which steps he could take to do this.