Joe Biden signs executive order protecting access to abortion
by David Smith Washington bureau chief from US news | The Guardian on (#616QS)
Move by president signals start of White House fightback after supreme court struck down Roe v Wade
Joe Biden has signed an executive order offering protections to millions of American women denied the constitutional right to abortion.
The move signals the start of a White House fightback after the supreme court last month struck down Roe v Wade, its landmark ruling that for half a century had legalised abortion nationwide.
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