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A new executive order aims to preserve abortion access, but its reach is limited

The order will create a new task force on reproductive health care and to coordinate additional steps to help people access abortions.
Abortion rights activists march from the Supreme Court to the House of Representatives office buildings on Wednesday.
Updated July 8, 2022 at 12:39 PM ET

President Biden signed Friday that takes incremental steps to preserve abortion access — but he underscored that it would take political change to restore the rights removed when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

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