President Biden to deliver speech on abortion in Florida on Tuesday

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - President Joe Biden is making a campaign stop in Tampa on Tuesday and is expected to deliver a speech focused on reproductive rights.

The president’s campaign says he give remarks on stakes of this election for reproductive freedom across the country.

His speech will come just about one week before Florida’s new abortion six-week ban is set to take effect on May 1.

Former President Donald Trump has won the state twice and is leading in the polls there but the Biden campaign is hoping to have a shot in Florida.

The Biden administration also made a significant announcement about reproductive health care privacy just before his Florida trip.

On Monday in Washington, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced a new rule that will prohibit doctors, health insurance companies and others from providing health information to law enforcement for the purposes of investigation. The rule is meant to protect abortion seekers who travel out of state and health care providers from prosecution.

“No one should have to live in fear that their conversations with their doctor or that their medical claims data might be used to target or track them for seeking lawful reproductive health care,” said Melanie Fontes Rainer, Director of the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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