"We will do everything we can to ensure that we protect women's reproductive health services," said Xavier Bessera, secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services.
US Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Bessera called the Supreme Court's decision to oust Rowe v. Wade an "insult" and vowed to protect reproductive care.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Besera said there was "no silver bullet" to restoring constitutional abortion rights.
Revealing that the department is working to ensure greater access to medical abortion across the country, he said: "The Supreme Court ruling will result in poorer health outcomes and death in some patients. Working to improve access to this (abortion) drug is a necessity. national and in the public interest." Becerra also has a direct message to people affected by the Supreme Court's 6-to-3 ruling, which required states like Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, and South Dakota to outlaw abortion.
"You want to make sure what you're doing is, as I said, within the law. We're not interested in being con artists and doing things just because," he said.
He continued, "I apologize to every American who is concerned that, as I said, we can't tell you there's a silver bullet. But what I'm saying is, the more we dig, the more we do what we do." find to make sure we protect women's reproductive health services."
"Medical abortion—a treatment that is FDA-approved as safe and effective—requires a prescription. Under what conditions does the information follow," he said.
At the Aspen Ideas: Health dialogue on Saturday, Becerra presented the department also consider transporting women who cannot legally have abortions in their home states, according to news.
"We looked at everything, including transport support, something HHS doesn't normally do," he explained.
