As the nation continues to navigate the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, several Texas Democrats and abortion advocates called on the Biden administration to take immediate and direct action to protect Texans’ access to abortion.
On Saturday in Dallas, congressional candidate Greg Casar was among those discussing five recommendations that Texas Democrats and abortion rights advocates are sending to the Biden administration related to abortion access.As the nation continues to navigate, several Texas Democrats and abortion advocates called on the Biden administration to take immediate and direct action to protect Texans’ access to abortion.
First on their list of requests in a letter to the White House was for President Joe Biden to declare a public health emergency to ensure telehealth providers can dispense abortion-inducing medication without interruption. “President Biden can provide a huge amount of support by making sure that you can see a health care provider, call them by phone, talk to them by telehealth, and then have medication abortion sent by mail into the state from a state where abortion is currently not banned,” said Greg Casar, a Democratic candidate for Congress.
. More than 50 state and federal lawmakers, candidates and abortion advocacy groups signed the letter to the White House.
Since the Supreme Court’s ruling, Biden has talked about changes on the federal level to address abortion access. He has said
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