HHS announces new actions to 'bolster access' to abortions in Texas after restrictive law

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a plan to make available new resources to "protect reproductive health" in the face of the new Texas abortion law. 

President Biden has strongly and publicly opposed SB 8, a new Texas law that effectively limits abortions after six weeks from conception. In the wake of the law’s passage, Biden attempted to direct all resources he could towards counteracting the law, including a controversial directive for the Department of Justice to file lawsuits against Texas. 

The HHS has answered Biden’s call to arms with a wide...