WASHINGTON, Aug 16 — Cheered by a win in Kansas, where voters decisively rejected an abortion ban, and eyeing November midterms, the White House is promoting a new three-fold strategy to protect abortion rights, sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters, and it uses a different approach - reaching out to men.
Abortion rights advocates have criticised US President Joe Biden’s administration in the past for being slow to act around a Supreme Court ruling in June that ended the constitutional right to abortion. In recent days, the White House has invested new energy in the issue, they said. Two executive orders along with constant engagement with key stakeholders led by Vice President Kamala Harris, has assuaged some concerns, they added.
EMTALA requires hospitals that accept Medicare funds to provide medical treatment to people that arrive with an emergency medical condition. That includes providing a woman an abortion if her life is in danger. Mini Timmaraju, president, NARAL Pro-Choice America, who also is working with the White House on the issue, said the litigation strategy is key.Voting, research and messaging The White House is also crafting plans to replicate the success in Kansas for upcoming races, said the sources. It is closely tracking ballot initiatives in California, Kentucky, Michigan, and Vermont and gubernatorial races like Michigan’s, where abortion has become a central issue, sources said.
It will also target men in its messaging, asking them to consider how their sisters, nieces, cousins could be affected if abortions were unavailable, and the costs related to supporting an unplanned pregnancy, in an effort to broaden understanding, the sources said.
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