Michael B. Stuart
Officially nominated, General Counsel | Department of Health and Human Services
Repro Red Flags: Agency Watch
Mobilizing against the Trump administration’s anti-repro appointments and actions.
President Donald Trump has stacked his administration with anti-reproductive rights officials responsible for leading federal agencies that directly impact access to reproductive health care—including abortion, birth control, IVF, and maternal health care.
The Center for Reproductive Rights’ tool, Repro Red Flags: Agency Watch, shares research on these appointees, their anti-repro backgrounds, and the powers of the agencies they oversee. Importantly, it also serves as a repository of key Trump administration policies related to reproductive health.
In just 100 days in office, the President and his extremist appointees have launched a sweeping and coordinated attack to make it harder to access sexual and reproductive health care and to undermine our fundamental human rights. Read our full report here.
Appointees
T. Elliot Gaiser
Officially nominated, Assistant Attorney General | Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice
Thomas March Bell
Officially nominated, Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services | Office of Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services
Mike Waltz
Officially nominated, Ambassador to the United Nations | United States Mission to the United Nations (USUN), U.S. Department of State
Paula White-Cain
Special Government Employee and Senior Advisor of White House Faith Office | Faith Office, The White House (Executive Office of the President of the United States)
May Mailman
Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Policy Strategist | Office of the Chief of Staff, the White House (Executive Office of the President of the United States)
Departments
Agency Watch focuses on appointments within the administration that have a broad impact on access to reproductive health care via their policies and programs, such as White House staff, as well as the Department of Health and Human Services, Department of State, and the Department of Justice.
White House (Executive Office of the President of the United States)
The White House provides the President with the support that they need to govern effectively.
U.S. Department of State
Leading U.S. foreign policy, the State Department works to empower and protect women and girls, including promoting their sexual and reproductive health and rights, as a central part of U.S. foreign policy and national security.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the government’s principal agency for protecting the health of all those in the U.S.
Department of Justice
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is the world’s largest law office and the central agency for enforcement of federal laws.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
The Department of Veterans Affairs provides health, education, disability, funerary, and financial benefits earned by veterans of the United States Armed Forces.
Executive Actions
CMS rescinds Biden-era guidance on EMTALA
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has rescinded Biden-era guidance documents on the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA).
CDC removes COVID vaccine from recommended immunizations for pregnant people
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has removed the COVID vaccine from the recommended immunization schedule for healthy pregnant people.
HHS rescinds guidance on expanded nondiscrimination protections
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rescinded multiple informal guidance documents.
Trump administration sends “skinny budget” to Congress
The Office of Management and Budget released President Trump’s “skinny budget,” a topline discretionary budget request.
President Trump establishes new “Religious Liberty Commission”
President Trump signed an Executive Order establishing a “Religious Liberty Commission” to support the administration’s efforts to enforce the “robust protections for religious liberty enshrined in Federal law.”
HHS implements extra level of review slowing critical health care payments
The Department of Government Efficiency implemented additional protocols for reviewing and approving health care grants in key agencies across the Department of Health and Human Services.
