President Joe Biden said he is weighing whether to consider declaring abortion access a public health emergency, The Washington Post reported July 10.
"That’s something I’ve asked the … medical people in the administration to look at, whether … I have the authority to do that and what impact that would have," he told reporters.
Some Democrats have urged a public health emergency declaration while some members of his administration consider it an "unnecessary step," according to the Post.
President Biden signed an executive order July 8 to protect reproductive healthcare services access after the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion June 24.