Repro Red Flags: Trump’s First 100 Days
Exposing the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle our reproductive rights.
In just 100 days in office, President Trump has taken unprecedented action to restrict access to reproductive health care in the United States and around the world. His administration is stacked with extreme opponents of reproductive freedom working day and night to undermine the rule of law we depend on to uphold our fundamental rights. Individually, these officials have great power; together, they will do long-lasting damage to human rights and to our democracy.
The Center for Reproductive Rights is a global legal advocacy organization dedicated to advancing reproductive freedom. We launched our Repro Red Flags: Agency Watch initiative on day one of the Trump administration to connect the dots between key anti-rights officials and the harmful policies they enact. At the 100-day mark, we’re highlighting President Trump’s top five Repro Red Flags, sounding the alarm about the administration’s sweeping attacks on reproductive rights. From cutting off access to abortion care and contraception, to dismantling the public health system that supports maternal health and infertility care, to threatening abortion patients and providers with unchecked violence, let’s be clear: your reproductive rights are in danger.
Red Flags
#1: Restricted Access to Reproductive Health Care in the U.S.
President Trump and his extreme anti-abortion appointees have put our health and safety at risk. They have launched a coordinated attack to make it harder to access reproductive health care, including emergency abortion care and contraceptive care.
#2: Cut Public Health Programs and Censored Critical Reproductive Health Information
The Trump administration has dismantled key parts of the public health system vital for reproductive care. Indiscriminate funding freezes, mass firings, and the termination of critical research initiatives have hampered the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) essential operations and imperiled domestic reproductive and maternal health programs.
#3: Gutted Protections Shielding Reproductive Health Clinics, Providers, and Patients from Violence
Since its passage with strong bipartisan support in 1994, the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act has been critical in safeguarding both patients and abortion providers from violence and harassment. Now, the Trump administration has broadly stopped enforcing this important law.
#4: Dismantled Reproductive Rights and Access to Care Globally
At a time when the U.S. should be championing access to care and international health and human rights standards, the Trump administration has done the opposite. President Trump has withdrawn from key international institutions, cut critical foreign aid for health care, and aligned the U.S. with authoritarian regimes on anti-rights positions. His regressive policies have jeopardized global health, gender equality, and human rights with devastating effects on access to reproductive care for marginalized communities around the world.
#5: Disregarded the Rule of Law and Endangered Fundamental Rights
The Trump administration has attacked longstanding rule of law principles, weakened democratic institutions, and chipped away at legal safeguards across the government. President Trump and his administration have attempted to bully lawyers, eliminate opportunities for everyday Americans to make their voices heard, and erode transparency within federal agencies with the ultimate goal of blocking you from fighting back when your fundamental freedoms—including your reproductive rights—are violated.
