Executive Order 14076: Protecting Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services
President: Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Responded to Dobbs by directing HHS and other agencies to protect lawful reproductive care, contraception, emergency care, privacy, safety and accurate information within federal authority.
Status: Revoked.
Is Executive Order 14076 still in effect? No. Executive Order 14182 revoked Executive Order 14076 on January 24, 2025. Its policy instructions ended; emergency-treatment, privacy and other statutory requirements and related litigation have separate legal force.
What does Executive Order 14076 do?
Biden signed EO 14076 after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision removed the federal constitutional abortion right recognized in Roe. The order sought to protect access to reproductive healthcare using existing federal authority, with particular attention to medication abortion, contraception, emergency treatment, privacy and clinic security. It did not restore Roe by presidential command or establish a general exception to every state abortion restriction. Signed text.
HHS had to identify potential actions and report within 30 days, including public information about low-cost services, contraception and emergency-care protections. Justice and White House Counsel were to convene pro bono lawyers and public-interest organizations to encourage lawful assistance to patients, providers and third parties. Justice and Homeland Security were also told to consider clinic, pharmacy and patient-security measures. Signed text.
The privacy provisions addressed sensitive health information, digital surveillance and deceptive practices. HHS could consider HIPAA guidance and other legally authorized protections, while the FTC was encouraged to consider consumer privacy within its authority. The order established an interagency task force chaired by HHS and the Gender Policy Council to coordinate access policy. Patients could benefit from resulting guidance or enforcement, but the executive order itself did not create a privately enforceable entitlement to a particular abortion procedure. Signed text.
Before and after
Before the order
Federal emergency-treatment, civil-rights, privacy and consumer-protection statutes were already on the books. The immediate change was coordinated executive attention and a schedule for identifying actions after Dobbs, rather than a new congressional benefit or criminal-law amendment. Agencies had to distinguish the order’s access policy from the powers and funding limits of the statutes they administered. Signed text.
After the order
CMS issued July 2022 emergency-treatment guidance addressing pregnant patients and pregnancy loss. HHS later issued a reproductive-health HIPAA privacy rule in April 2024. Separate litigation examined those agency and statutory questions: the Supreme Court’s June 27, 2024 Moyle disposition vacated its stay and dismissed review as improvidently granted, without deciding the merits of EMTALA preemption. EO 14182 revoked this order in January 2025; CMS then rescinded its 2022 guidance effective May 29, 2025, without repealing EMTALA itself. Official follow-up record 1. Official follow-up record 2. Official follow-up record 3. Official follow-up record 4.
Who had to do what
| Agency / office | Action | Timing / position |
|---|---|---|
| HHS Secretary | Report on access, medication abortion, contraception, outreach and emergency care; consider confidentiality, consumer education and fraud measures; fund and co-chair the task force. | Presidential report within 30 days; other measures as legally appropriate. |
| Attorney General | Convene pro bono legal assistance with White House Counsel; consider patient/provider security; consult on privacy and deceptive practices; provide states technical help on constitutional protections. | No separate fixed deadline; actions as appropriate. |
| Counsel to the President | Convene attorneys, bar groups and public-interest organizations with the Attorney General to encourage lawful representation and assistance. | No fixed separate deadline. |
| Homeland Security Secretary | Consider measures to protect patients, providers, clinics, mobile clinics and pharmacies. | As appropriate under existing law. |
| FTC Chair | Encouraged to consider consumer privacy measures; consult with HHS and Justice on deceptive reproductive-health practices. | No mandatory rule deadline. |
| Gender Policy Council Director | Establish and co-chair the interagency access task force with HHS. | Following issuance; continuing coordination. |
What happened next
Biden signed EO 14076. Official source
HHS issued the reproductive-health HIPAA final rule. Official source
Moyle dismissed Supreme Court review and vacated its stay without a merits ruling. Official source
EO 14182 revoked EO 14076. Official source
CMS rescinded the July 2022 pregnancy-related EMTALA guidance. Official source
Legal and source detail
How it works legally
EMTALA, HIPAA, the FTC Act and other existing statutes determined what agencies could actually do. The order’s repeated directions to consider actions preserved the need for statutory authority and proper procedures. The Hyde Amendment and other funding restrictions were not waived. Dobbs and Moyle concern constitutional or statutory questions distinct from an executive policy preference; rescinding the policy does not rewrite either statute or judgment. Signed text.
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