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Proclamation 10206

National Women's Health Week, 2021

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In simple terms

This proclamation designates May 9-15, 2021 as National Women's Health Week, encouraging Americans to focus on improving women's health and health equity. It highlights the Affordable Care Act's protections for women, COVID-19 vaccination efforts, and maternal health disparities affecting women of color, but contains no binding policy directives or mandates to agencies.

Federal Register Open PDF 86 FR 25945

Record & deadlines

  1. Signed

    Signed by the President

  2. FR published

    Published in the Federal Register · 86 FR 25945

    Federal Register PDF

  3. healthcare.gov special open enrollment period ends

  4. National Women's Health Week begins

Key directives

No discrete directives extracted.

What to expect

Immediate

  • National Women's Health Week observance May 9-15, 2021

Near term (90d)

  • healthcare.gov special open enrollment period through August 15, 2021

Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Proclamation references pre-existing policy actions (ACA, American Rescue Plan, open enrollment) but does not create new obligations; rhetorical commitments to reproductive health care access may highlight ongoing political tensions
Proclamation 10206: National Women's Health Week, 2021 · Executive Orders