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cont[rump]inuing [mag]attacks on reproductive rights

Posted in Kids with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 26, 2025 by xi'an

[From the Center for Reproductive Rights:]

Cancelling the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), which was requiring hospitals to provide life-saving abortion care

Blocking funding from Title X, a federal program dedicated to providing family planning and preventive reproductive health care services

Supporting the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 21)

Removing information on reproductive health and rights from government websites, like ReproductiveRights.gov

Abstaining from enforcing the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, that protects reproductive health care patients and providers from violence and harassment, by ordering prosecutors to ignore violations, and pardoning individuals convicted of violating the Act

Joining a global anti-abortion pact, along with Uganda, Saudi Arabia and Belarus

Reinstating the global gag rule, denying aid to overseas health centres that provide or support abortion services and counselling

Joining a case against Planned Parenthood

Cutting funding to the United Nations Population Fund

Overturning the previous regulation that prohibited states from defunding abortion facilities as part of their family planning programs

Enforcing a separate payment requirement for abortion coverage in Obamacare

Stopping federal funding of fætal tissue research

Prioritising healthcare entities and individuals’ conscience rights