Health Care Under Attack: An Action Plan to Protect and Strengthen Reproductive Care

Excerpt:  “In response to the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision, Secretary Becerra directed HHS to take immediate action to help people across the country as they face this harsh new reality of restricted health care and rights. As a result, HHS took swift, concrete actions to protect access to reproductive health care, consistent with the Administration’s priorities. In the weeks and months to come, access to reproductive health care will continue to face new attacks, in addition to ongoing challenges. Because of the Dobbs decision, access to reproductive health care services now depends on where an individual lives to an even greater extent than it did before. … Now, more than ever, the federal government needs to play a critical role helping to ensure access to reproductive health care, including by creating safeguards for providers and patients. HHS will continue to use its authority to protect access to care, including abortion care, and enforce federal law when women’s rights to care are violated.” (footnotes omitted)