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New White House action on abortion rights

The Biden administration announced new actions Monday aimed at strengthening access to contraception and protecting access to medication abortion with President Biden also convening a task force on the issue. It's been 51 years to the day since the Roe v. Wade ruling, which established the right to an abortion. The Supreme Court overturned that precedent in 2022. Democratic Rep. Jennifer McClellan, of Virginia, joined CBS News to discuss the new actions.

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Kate Cox on her legal fight for an abortion in Texas

Last August, tests revealed that Kate Cox, a mother of two in Texas, was pregnant with a child that had Trisomy 18, a genetic condition that causes severe developmental problems. According to Cox's doctors, the prognosis for the baby was death before or shortly after birth, and Cox's future fertility was at risk. She sued to receive an abortion under Texas law which bans the procedure in nearly all cases, but found herself caught in a legal battle with the state's attorney general. Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with Kate Cox, her husband Justin and with their lawyer, Molly Duane, about the court decisions that forced Cox to leave Texas for the medical procedure.

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