Aside from the fact that it was issued a full two weeks after the much-anticipated Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, what was most striking about President Joe Biden’s Friday executive order “Protecting Access to Reproductive Health Care Services” was what was not in it.
The fall of Roe has given the Republican Party a remarkable chance to cement itself as the party of the next generation — as the Parent Party. There are many good conservative policy ideas out there that can reform government so it better promotes strong, stable families. More Republicans just need to embrace them.
Most importantly, the plan eliminates the existing marriage penalties in the EITC and CTC programs. By eliminating these existing marriage penalties in the tax code, the plan ensures more children will be raised in stable, two-parent households.