Wed Feb 1, 2023 – 2:25 pm EST
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra told Axios Monday that he was considering the possibility of declaring a public health emergency to promote access to abortions.
According to Becerra, declaring a public health emergency is only one of the options that the Biden administration is looking at. “There are discussions on a wide range of measures … that we can take to try to protect people’s rights,” Becerra told the outlet.
“There are certain criteria that you look for to be able to declare a public health emergency. That’s typically done by scientists and those that are professionals in those fields who will tell us whether we are in a state of emergency and based on that, I have the ability to make a declaration,” he said.
Becerra also noted that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has yet to complete a full assessment of a declaration, its conditions, or whether the declaration would be merited. The assessment is ongoing.
Should the HHS declare a public health emergency for abortion access, the declaration would potentially shield abortion providers from liability, according to
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