{"id":1562844,"date":"2022-07-20T11:47:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T15:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1562844"},"modified":"2022-07-20T11:49:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T15:49:43","slug":"white-house-considers-declaring-national-emergency-over-abortion-pills-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-considers-declaring-national-emergency-over-abortion-pills-report\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Considers Declaring National Emergency Over Abortion Pills: REPORT"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-considers-declaring-national-emergency-over-abortion-pills-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1562844&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-07-20T091208Z_2_LYNXMPEI6J0ES_RTROPTP_4_USA-AFRICA-scaled-e1658328135160.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s White House is considering executive action to make abortion pills accessible nationwide despite state laws restricting the drug, according to Politico.<\/p>\n<p>The administration may use executive power granted under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act to declare a public health emergency to allow abortion providers and pharmacists to distribute chemical <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/19\/colleges-universities-abortion-pills-mifepristone-misoprostol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">abortion pills<\/a>, even in states where abortion is heavily restricted, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/07\/19\/abortion-biden-roe-v-wade-00046644\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to Politico.<\/p>\n<p>White House staffers prefer the PREP Act option, which would allow Biden to shield abortion providers from criminal prosecution, compared to other proposals, but they remain skeptical that the emergency actions could survive legal challenges in court. It is also unclear how long the order could last given that public health emergencies are temporary, according to Politico.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Immediately after Roe was reversed, I laid out how our Administration would use executive action to protect a woman\u2019s right to travel across state borders to get the care she needs.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Senate Republicans blocked a bill that would make that right a law. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y86RWyziKl\">https:\/\/t.co\/y86RWyziKl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 President Biden (@POTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1547629377248104448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2022<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democratic New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and Democratic Massachusetts Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/14\/elizabeth-warren-abortion-bounty-supreme-court-justices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elizabeth Warren<\/a>, along with 16 of their Senate colleagues, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booker.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/booker_warren_padilla_lead_senate_democrats_urging_the_biden_administration_to_declare_a_national_and_public_health_emergency_on_reproductive_rights.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">urged<\/a> Biden to take executive action to protect <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/18\/women-denied-abortions-raise-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">abortion<\/a> access, including through the use of the PREP Act, in a July 13 letter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile it is impossible to immediately undo the damage inflicted by the Supreme Court\u2019s repeal of Roe v. Wade, the Biden-Harris Administration must use every tool within its power to fight back,\u201d the letter said. \u201cWe urge you to declare national and public health emergencies over Americans\u2019 access to reproductive care.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/20\/democrats-abortion-black-voters-kamala-harris-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Dems Tone Down Pro-Abortion Rhetoric To Win Over Black Voters)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Democrats in Congress have so far been unable to pass a bill that would <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/05\/democrats-legalize-third-trimester-abortions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">legalize<\/a> abortion throughout the entire duration of pregnancy in all 50 states, though the bill has been <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/15\/house-reps-advance-abortion-bill-failed-pass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">brought<\/a> forward three times in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The White House did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;We urge you to declare national and public health emergencies&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":166,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1562844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/166"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1562844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1562844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1562844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1562844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}