{"id":3233,"date":"2024-03-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dwjqp1.com\/biden-executive-order-womens-health-0b6ac1fb1d6f041a4e24b70d2e50d5c2\/"},"modified":"2024-03-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T00:00:00","slug":"biden-executive-order-womens-health-0b6ac1fb1d6f041a4e24b70d2e50d5c2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwjqp1.com\/biden-executive-order-womens-health-0b6ac1fb1d6f041a4e24b70d2e50d5c2\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden signs executive order on advancing study of women's health while chiding 'backward' GOP ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"
WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 President Joe Biden signed an executive order Monday aimed at advancing the study of women\u2019s health by strengthening data collection and providing better funding opportunities for biomedical research while chiding Republicans for having \u201cno clue about the power of women\u201d but saying they\u2019re \u201cabout to find out\u201d come November\u2019s election.<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s health has long been underfunded and understudied. It wasn\u2019t until the 1990s that the federal government mandated women be included in federally funded medical research; for most of medical history, though, scientific study was based almost entirely on men. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe still know too little about how to effectively prevent, diagnose and treat a wide array of health conditions in women,\u201d said Dr. Carolyn Mazure, the head of the White House initiative on women\u2019s health.<\/p>\n
Today, research often fails to properly track differences between women and men, and does not represent women equally particularly for illnesses more common to them \u2014 which Biden suggested his order would help change.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo state the obvious, women are half the population and underrepresented across the board. But not in my administration,\u201d the president said, drawing raucous applause at a White House reception marking Women\u2019s History Month. <\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE<\/p>\n Gaza and Haiti are on the brink of famine, experts say. Here\u2019s what that means<\/a><\/p>\n Early results show lower cancer rates than expected among Air Force nuclear missile personnel<\/a><\/p>\n Betty Ford forever postage stamp is unveiled at the White House<\/a><\/p>\n Biden said he\u2019s long been a believer in the \u201cpower of research\u201d to help save lives and get high-quality health care to the people who need it. But the executive order also checks off a political box during an election year when women will be crucial to his reelection efforts. First lady Jill Biden is leading both the effort to organize and mobilize female voters and the White House Initiative on Women\u2019s Health Research<\/a>. <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The announcement comes as the ripple effects spread from the Supreme Court\u2019s decision that overturned federal abortion rights, touching on medical issues for women who never intended to end their pregnancies. In Alabama, for example, the future of IVF was thrown into question statewide<\/a> after a judge\u2019s ruling.<\/p>\n In his comments at the reception, Biden didn\u2019t mention by name former President Donald Trump, who is now running to reclaim the White House. Instead, he referred to \u201cmy predecessor\u201d who had been \u201cbragging about overturning\u201d the Roe v. Wade decision that had guaranteed the constitutional right to abortion.<\/p>\n The president suggested that would hurt Trump and the GOP during this fall\u2019s election, saying, \u201cYou can\u2019t lead America with old ideas and take us backward.\u201d<\/p>\n Further leaning into politics, Biden said his administration has \u201cturned around the economy because we focused on women,\u201d noting that female unemployment had fallen and the number of women-owned small businesses had increased.<\/p>\n He said his administration has ensured that \u201cwomen can access jobs in sectors where they\u2019ve been historically underrepresented\u201d and said he\u2019d told leaders from some of the nation\u2019s top labor unions that he wants to see more women and minorities in their ranks.<\/p>\n Women were a critical part of the coalition that elected Biden in 2020, giving him 55% of their vote, according to AP VoteCast. Black women and suburban women were pillars of Biden\u2019s coalition while Trump had a modest advantage among white women and a much wider share of white women without college degrees, according to the AP survey of more than 110,000 voters in that year\u2019s election.<\/p>\n Vice President Kamala Harris, women\u2019s health advocate Maria Shriver and the first lady also addressed the reception.<\/p>\n \u201cFinally women will get the health care we deserve,\u201d Jill Biden said, saying the order signed Monday was \u201cwithout precedent.\u201d<\/p>\n
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