Hill May 4, 2022
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on Wednesday said his department planned to “double down” on efforts to provide American women with access to “the care they are entitled to” when asked about continued family planning services in the wake of the bombshell leaked Supreme Court draft that would overturn Roe v. Wade.
During a subcommittee hearing for the Senate Appropriations Committee, Democratic members asked Becerra what his department and the administration planned to do if Roe v. Wade is overturned.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) asked Becerra for an update on the work of the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Reproductive Healthcare Access Task Force, expressing concern over the future of family planning in light of the...