Already better than nothing.
President Joe Biden (finally) breaks his silence and decides to take action to thwart the US Supreme Court's decision to end the constitutional right to abortion.
The latter signed a decree on Friday comprising a whole series of initiatives.
On the day of the decision, Joe Biden castigated a "tragic error", and announced two sets of regulatory measures, on access to abortion pills and on the right of women to travel to other states if they wish to use an abortion.
But since then, the Democrat of 79 has remained more or less silent on the subject, attracting ever more virulent criticism from his own camp, the Democratic Party, which would like more spectacular actions or, failing that, more aggressive communication.
Online data protection and access to contraception
Among these measures, the promise to “protect sensitive health information” and “combat digital surveillance”, according to the press release from the American executive.
Indeed, many activists warn of the dangers linked to online data, such as geolocation or information collected by applications for monitoring menstrual cycles, which could be exploited to prosecute women who have had an abortion.
The text signed by Joe Biden also promises, but without giving practical details, to protect mobile clinics practicing abortion at the external borders of states that have banned it.
The White House also wants to guarantee access to contraception, in particular the morning after pill and IUDs.
The US executive finally intends to organize a network of volunteer lawyers to guarantee that American women can travel within the United States if they decide to have an abortion, and this without being disturbed by the justice system if they live in a State prohibiting abortion.
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