More than 80 Democratic lawmakers plan to send a letter urging President Biden to issue a national emergency and public health emergency declaration in response to the Supreme Court overturning of Roe v. Wade.
“As we have experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, a public health emergency declaration can provide significant new authority and flexibility for a federal emergency response," the lawmakers, led by Rep. Lloyd Doggett and Rep. Lizzie Fletcher , wrote in the letter address to Biden and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra. “Health experts warn that in the aftermath of this disastrous ruling, the U.S.
“Abortion bans can unnecessarily impede lifesaving medical procedures in the event of pregnancy complications or loss. Health experts warn that in the aftermath of this disastrous ruling, the U.S. maternal mortality rate — which is already the highest in the developed world — is certain to rise, with disproportionate impacts on communities of color,” the lawmakers wrote.declaring abortion access a public health emergency.
The declarations could unlock new funds, but how those funds would be distributed or used remains unclear. But such a step would almost certainly be legally challenged by Republican attorneys general and could end up facing the same Supreme Court justices who voted to strike down, said Lawrence Gostin, a professor of medicine at Georgetown University and faculty director of its Institute for National and Global Health Law.
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