The strategy comes amid a historic challenge to abortion rights. ⤵️
administration released the United States' first-ever strategy for gender equity and equality, and it includes a plan to codify Roe v. Wade to protect abortion rights.
Released on October 22, the gender equity strategy identifies 10 areas of priority to strengthen the position of girls, women, and trans and gender non-conforming people both in the U.S. and globally. Jennifer Klein, co-chair and Executive Director of the White Housethe document is a “roadmap” for the Biden administration, showing their commitment to increasing equity and equality for people of all genders.“There has never been a national strategy on gender.
The plan, which doesn't propose specific mechanisms for achieving goals but does include an accountability measure, commits to bettering economic security, eliminating gender-based violence, closing gender gaps in STEM, protecting gender equity in response to climate change, and protecting access to health care — including"[This strategy] really emphasizes the administration's commitment to defending the constitutional right articulated in Roe, including by using all enforcement...
Beyond Roe, the Supreme Court case that secured abortion as a constitutional right, the strategy aims to expand
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