Trump Is Attacking Our Rights
With anti-abortion extremists controlling the White House and Congress, it's more important than ever that everyone understands what's at stake when it comes to abortion access and reproductive freedom in this country—and what you can do about it.
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022:
- 22 states have banned or limited abortion access, with deadly consequences
- One in seven women in states with abortion bans say they or someone they know has had trouble accessing an abortion
- At least five women across the country have died as a result of abortion bans in their state. The reality is that even where so-called "exceptions" exist, they are often unworkable in practice. They undermine doctors' medical judgment, create confusion for patients and providers, and can have deadly consequences.
Even before Dobbs, thirteen states across the country passed "trigger laws" designed to effectively ban abortion almost immediately once Roe was overturned.
President Trump has repeatedly taken credit for the overturning of Roe v. Wade and appointing the justices who did it. Trump appointed these justices because he knew they would overturn Roe when the question came before the Court again.
Stripping away the freedoms Roe protected was just step one of extremists' anti-abortion playbook. Today, Republican officials remain committed to banning abortion nationwide, and they will use any tool at their disposal to do it – even though it remains widely unpopular with the majority of Americans.
Keep scrolling for up-to-date information about abortion access across the US and real stories of how Trump's Post-Roe Reality is impacting Americans.
This website is designed to provide an overview of the current state of abortion access across the U.S., including information about abortion bans and protections across the various states, and to elevate the real life stories of women and families impacted by Trump's Post-Roe Reality.
ABORTION IN TRUMP'S AMERICA
Agenda
The Trump administration has made it clear they want to ban abortion nationwide, without exceptions. Their anti-abortion agenda also includes completely banning abortion nationwide without exceptions, restricting access to birth control, defunding reproductive care providers like Planned Parenthood, tracking pregnancy and abortion data, gutting federal protections for lifesaving emergency health care in hospitals, and more.
Since January 2025, anti-abortion extremists have quickly gotten to work on taking away reproductive freedom from people across the country.
Here are a few examples of what they are planning to do and what they have accomplished so far:
Adopt a strictly anti-abortion, "fetal personhood" doctrine across government agencies
- The government would grant full rights to fertilized eggs—meaning people seeking abortions and their doctors could be prosecuted for murder, even when patients' own lives are at risk [p. 450]
- This could have severe consequences for maternal health in the case of life-threatening but common pregnancy complications like ectopic pregnancies, preeclampsia, and sepsis, and also put fertility treatments like IVF in jeopardy.
- Likely lead to preventable maternal deaths by forcing medical professionals to delay or deny life-saving treatment to pregnant patients out of fear of criminal prosecution
- Eliminate the current Reproductive Healthcare Access Task Force that drives efforts to protect access to reproductive healthcare services and defend reproductive rights. [p. 489]
- Create a government agency to execute and monitor compliance with Project 2025's extreme anti-abortion agenda [p. 489]
Ban abortion nationwide, without exceptions for rape, incest, or risk to a woman's life.
- Enforce the Comstock Act, an archaic law from the 1800s, before women even had the right to vote. Without Roe v. Wade's protections, the law can be enforced to completely ban abortion nationwide, without exceptions for rape, incest, or the life of the woman. [p. 562]
- Reverse the 24-year-old FDA approval of safe, effective, and widely used doctor-prescribed medication abortion such as Mifepristone that are used early in pregnancy and to manage miscarriages [p. 458-459]
- Use the Department of Justice to prosecute doctors who prescribe medication abortion [p.459]
- This would disproportionately gut abortion access for low-income populations, people of color, and people living in areas with limited access to local healthcare services
Surveil women to track pregnancies and abortions
- Direct the Department of Health and Human Services to collect personal data on pregnancies to monitor for abortions [p.455]
- Compel states to report data on abortions to the HHS, violating medical and legal confidentiality between patients and doctors (HIPAA)
- Cut federal funds for states that do not submit data, jeopardizing other needs including disaster relief, education, and infrastructure
Restrict access to birth control
- Roll back access to birth control by undoing the requirement that insurers offer it as part of health care plans [p. 484]
- Classify emergency contraception—the "morning after pill" that prevents implantation of a fertilized egg after unprotected sex, also known as Plan B—as an "abortion" (it's not) [p. 485]
- Restrict options for patients to manage medical conditions such as endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and menstrual disorders.
- Increase out-of-pocket costs for birth control, disproportionately impacting low-income women
Eliminate Planned Parenthood and other healthcare services
- Defund Planned Parenthood and other reproductive healthcare providers, decimating millions of Americans' access to basic healthcare services including cancer screenings, STI testing and treatment, prenatal care, birth control, and general health exams [p. 472]
- Particularly target Medicaid patients and underserved communities where access to healthcare is limited [p. 472-473]
- Promotes the introduction and passage of the Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act in Congress, which would completely defund and likely shut down abortion providers across the country [p. 472]
- Redirect federal Title X funding from legitimate reproductive health care providers to right-wing organizations that intentionally mislead patients and operate unlicensed clinics with no health and safety standards [p. 471, 491]
Promote anti-abortion hospital guidance and medical training
- Allow hospitals to deny patients lifesaving care, including abortion, in an emergency by utilizing extremist anti-abortion interpretations of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) [p. 473]
- Force medical schools to restrict training in abortion, reducing access to safe and effective care [p. 486]
