President Joe Biden informed Congress on Monday that he will end the COVID public health emergency just as his administration weighs a new health emergency for abortion access.
Coronavirus emergency orders that first took effect in January 2020 will lapse on May 11, the White House said. But as those orders come to an end, the administration is considering an emergency declaration to ease access to abortions in the wake of the Supreme Court's Dobbs ruling, Axios reported.
"There are discussions on a wide range of measures … that we can take to try to protect people's rights," Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra said.