President Biden signed an executive order that would allow Medicaid to pay for abortion services for people traveling out of state for procedures.
CHICAGO President Biden has signed an executive order that would allow Medicaid to pay for abortion services for people who have to travel out of state to undergo the procedure.
The move comes one day after a surprising victory in Kansas for abortion rights.
Voters there overwhelmingly chose to preserve the right to an abortion.
It was a big victory for abortion rights advocates in an unlikely state, in what was the first direct test at the ballot box on where voters stand on abortion rights.
People in conservative Kansas rejected a constitutional amendment that may have opened the door to an abortion ban.
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“The vote in Kansas has demonstrated what we have known for many weeks years that Americans are pro-choice,” said Brigid Leahy, VP of public policy for Planned Parenthood of Illinois.
