President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday designed to expand access to medication abortion and education about legally available abortion options, as well as provide legal backing for people seeking or providing abortions.
Beyond legal aid and medication abortion, Biden’s executive order directs the government to protect abortion providers and clinics against threats of violence and establish a Task Force on Reproductive Health Care Access to coordinate the federal response to abortion bans. The task force includes the attorney general, who will also be tasked with supporting states in protecting patients and medical providers who are seeking or offering abortions that are legal in their states.
Biden is also tasking HHS with coordinating outreach efforts to make sure people know the circumstances under which abortion remains legal. And his order will instruct the department to clarify that, under existing federal law, emergency rooms cannot turn away patients or deny them care if they are in a medical crisis. That provision could address concerns about abortion bans resulting in medical care being denied to people who are miscarrying or experiencing ectopic pregnanices.
Per the White House, Biden’s executive order also instructs HHS to consider issuing new guidance under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act—which includes medical privacy safeguards—to clarify that medical staff need not and often cannot disclose patient’s health information to outsiders, including law enforcement. That provision could be leveraged to address concerns about states arresting or attempting to prosecute patients who miscarry or who induce their own abortions.
And he is directing the Federal Trade Commission to address online privacy concerns, by “protect[ing] consumers’ privacy when seeking information about and provision of reproductive health care services.” The executive order also tells HHS, the FTC and the attorney general to “address deceptive or fraudulent practices, including online, and protect access to accurate information.”
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