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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 3, 2022

President Joe Biden today signed a second executive order intended to improve access to abortion services, the Associated Press reports. In remarks at the signing, Biden reiterated his call for Congress to protect the right to abortion access in federal law. The order directs the Health and Human Services Department to consider actions to help patients travel outside their states for abortions using funds from Medicaid. The order also directs the department to ensure health care providers comply with federal non-discrimination laws. The order follows a July executive order that directed the department to identify ways it can help expand abortion access.