Biden considers public health emergency for abortion | Abroad

“That’s something I’ve asked the medical people in the administration to see if I have the authority to do that and what the ramifications would be,” Biden told reporters during a bike ride near his office. home in Delaware, according to ABC News.

Both Democratic presidential party members and abortion advocates have called on Biden to make such a decision. In general, such a state of emergency in the event of disease outbreaks or other health crises gives the government a number of additional powers.

Thousands of protesters held a sit-in outside the White House in Washington on Saturday to ask Biden to strengthen his defense of the constitutional right to abortion.

Biden himself said his executive power is limited. He did sign a presidential decree on Friday to guarantee women’s abortion rights. The purpose of the implementing decree is, among other things, to guarantee access to abortion medication and emergency contraception, and to protect the privacy of patients.

Since the US Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion, states can decide individually whether or not to ban abortion: several states have already done so.