The Biden administration is desperately attempting last-ditch efforts at protecting legal access to abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court's monumental overturning of Roe v. Wade, with the President signing an an executive order Friday aimed at "protecting access to reproductive health."
Despite Biden calling the court's decision a "tragic error" - fellow Democrats have blasted the White House's flat-footed response as weak and too-little-too-late. The new executive order will establish an Interagency Task Force which will aim to coordinate federal policymaking and program development to combat the Supreme Court decision, an administration statement said. Attorney General Merrick Garland will be included in the task force to "provide technical assistance to state affording legal protection to out-of-state patients."