Pelosi Statement on President Biden's Executive Order Protecting Reproductive Care

Statement

Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement after President Biden signed a new executive order to protect Americans' access to reproductive health care:

"President Biden's executive order today helps advance Democrats' fight to defend Americans' health freedom from all-out assault by right-wing extremists. This action will take steps to uphold a woman's right to make her own health decisions: protecting access to FDA-approved medication abortion, strengthening enforcement of the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive protections and defending the legal rights of both patients and providers.

"Our pro-choice Democratic House Majority continues to prepare additional legislative action to respond to the Supreme Court's appalling decision to rip away women's reproductive rights. Next week, we will again pass the Women's Health Protection Act: landmark legislation enshrining the protections of Roe v. Wade into federal law. We will also pass legislation addressing the GOP's disturbing threats to restrict Americans' freedom to travel -- reaffirming the Constitutional right to seek care freely and voluntarily throughout the country.

"We have a sacred, fundamental duty to expand freedom in America, not to roll back fundamental rights. While Republicans seek to criminalize reproductive health care nationwide, House Democrats will never relent in our fight to defend freedom for women and for every American."

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