The President and Vice President strongly denounced the Texas law, SB 8, which bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, as a blatant violation of women’s constitutional rights, and launched an immediate response, directing the Gender Policy Council and White House Counsel to lead a whole-of-government effort to protect women’s rights in Texas and across this country. The Department of Justice brought a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Texas law, and the Department of Health and Human Services expanded Title X funding to Texas healthcare providers.

The President and Vice President have committed to protecting and defending the long-recognized, constitutional right to safe and legal abortion by working with Congress to codify Roe in federal statute. The Administration continues to call for passage of the Women’s Health Protection Act.