Thu Aug 4, 2022 – 4:47 pm EDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday that ordered the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to look into using Medicaid dollars to fund women who travel to other states for abortion.
The executive order directs HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra “to consider action to advance access to reproductive healthcare services, including through Medicaid for patients who travel out of state for reproductive healthcare services.” This is the latest executive action taken by Biden to promote abortion – he also signed an order in July that promised to fight any “attack by a state or local official who attempts to interfere with women exercising this right.”
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It’s unclear how the executive order will get around the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits federal Medicaid dollars from being used to directly pay for abortions.
“This directive is in line with the President and the Attorney General’s clear statements on the Administration’s commitment to defending the bedrock right to travel across state lines to seek reproductive healthcare in states where those services remain
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