 Health Care |
Health Care |
|
|
How abortion rights have been chipped away under Trump |
President Trump has gradually worn away at abortion access in the first 100 days of his second term. |
Trump committed to leaving decisions on abortion access up to states during his campaign and has not tried to outlaw the procedure nationally. But his administration has supported anti-abortion activists and tried to cut access to abortion in the U.S. and around the world. Here are four ways the Trump administration has chipped away at abortion access so far: Pardoned anti-abortion activists - Trump signed an executive order pardoning 23 anti-abortion activists ahead of a March for Life protest in Washington, D.C. Some of those pardoned included activists convicted of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinics Entrance (FACE) Act.
- The FACE Act is a federal law meant to protect abortion clinics from obstruction and threats and was passed in the mid-1990s when crimes against abortion providers were rising.
Reinstated the Mexico City policy - Trump reinstated a controversial policy, called the Mexico City policy, in January that prevents U.S. foreign aid recipients from discussing abortion with their patients or providing referrals for the procedure. The policy has a long history of being rescinded by Democratic presidents and being reinstated by Republican presidents.
- Supports of the policy claim in prevents U.S. taxpayer dollars from being spent on abortion abroad while opponents argue it reduces access to critical health care and that there is legislation already in place that stops taxpayer money from being used on abortions overseas.
Pulled Title X funding - The Trump administration froze millions of dollars in federal funds meant to provide affordable birth control and reproductive health services earlier this year.
- On April 1, more than a dozen reproductive health organizations received notices that their funding under the Title X program was being rescinded. Title X is the country's only federal program aimed at providing affordable contraception and reproductive health care to low-income Americans.
- The first Trump administration similarly withheld Title X fundings by issuing a rule that barred reproductive health care clinics from entering the program if they spoke about abortion or referred patients out for the procedure.
Dropped high-profile Idaho abortion case - Last month, the Trump administration dropped a lawsuit filed by the Biden-era Justice Department seeking to protect access to an emergency abortion in Idaho, where abortion is severely restricted.
- A "trigger ban" went into effect in Idaho after the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade that made performing or assisting in an abortion a crime punishable by five years in prison.
- The Biden-era lawsuit argued the state ban made it impossible for doctors in the state to provide abortions when needed to save the life of the mother violating a federal law called the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.
|
|
|
How policy will be impacting the health care sector this week and beyond: |
|
|
More American women died around the time of childbirth last year than in 2023, according to provisional data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Wednesday. The maternal mortality rate rose to 19 deaths per 100,000 in December 2024, an increase from 18.6 the year before. Maternal deaths spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, bumping the nation's maternal mortality rate up to 33.8 deaths per 100,000 … |
| |
|
Daily exposure to certain chemicals used to manufacture household plastics may be connected to more than 356,000 cardiovascular-related deaths in 2018 alone, a new analysis has found. These chemicals, called phthalates, are present in products around the world but have particular popularity in the Middle East, South Asia, East Asia and the Pacific — regions that collectively bore about 75 percent of the global death total, … |
| |
|
A key House committee is pushing forward with trying to advance its portion of President Trump's legislative agenda next week, even as Republicans disagree over how deeply to cut Medicaid. The House Energy and Commerce Committee is planning a May 7 meeting to finalize and advance its portion of the bill, leaving little time for members to iron out differences. The legislation calls for the committee to find $880 billion in … |
| |
|
Branch out with a different read: |
|
|
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced a bill aimed at expanding paid family leave, the result of more than two years of work by the House Paid Family Leave Working Group. |
|
|
Local and state headlines on health care: |
- Wide-ranging crackdown on abortion pills passes Texas senate (The Texas Tribune)
- California face probe after sharing people's health data with LinkedIn (Newsweek)
- Florida lawmakers pass ban on fluoride in drinking water (The Washington Post)
|
|
|
Health news we've flagged from other outlets: |
- Citing NIH cuts, a top science journal stops accepting submissions (The New York Times)
- More and more older Americans want to know their Alzheimer's status, survey finds (NPR)
- Bird flu isn't as silent as we think — experts caution the pandemic threat is still growing (Salon)
|
|
|
Most read stories on The Hill right now: |
|
|
The United States and Ukraine signed their long-awaited mineral deal on Wednesday according to the Treasury Department. "As the President has said, … Read more |
| A trio of House Democrats asked to be removed as co-sponsors of a resolution to impeach President Trump, a sign that many in the party do not want … Read more |
|
|
Opinion related to health submitted to The Hill: |
|
|
You're all caught up. See you tomorrow! |
400 N Capitol Street NW Suite 650, Washington, DC 20001 |
Copyright © 1998 - 2025 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. |
|
|
|
If you believe this has been sent to you in error, please safely unsubscribe.
No comments:
Post a Comment