US: Biden Acts to Undo Trump Damage to Women’s Health

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A woman walks past a mural on a Family Health Options clinic in the Kibera slums in Nairobi, Kenya, May 16, 2017. © 2017 Reuters (Washington, DC) – United States President Joe Biden has issued a presidential memorandum that is an important first step to repair harm to sexual and reproductive health and rights, but more executive and legislative action is needed, Human Rights Watch said today. The memorandum, issued on January 28, 2021, rescinded regressive actions by the administration of former president Donald Trump that made it difficult for women to speak freely…

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