WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats are under pressure to enact new policies to ensure U.S. women retain access to abortions, but their options are sorely limited and risk generating new court challenges.
Biden said Friday that his administration will fight to make sure women can travel from states where abortion is outlawed to obtain the procedure in states where it’s legal. He said he also ordered the Health and Human Services Department to ensure abortion drugs are available “to the fullest extent possible.”
Both moves may wind up in court, as some Republican lawmakers have vowed to try to prevent women from traveling out-of-state for abortions and stop abortion drugs from being prescribed or sold within their states.
