DOJ drops case to protect emergency abortion care
The Department of Justice revealed it will reverse course and move to dismiss a case brought by the Biden Administration challenging Idaho’s abortion ban, which is one of the strictest in the nation.
Executive Actions
Executive Actions
Repro Red Flags: Agency Watch will serve as a repository of key Trump administration policies related to reproductive health, including those impacting abortion access, maternal health, and assisted reproduction. This resource will track executive actions such as Executive Orders, Presidential Memoranda, Proclamations, and Statements of Administration Policy as well as significant agency actions, guidance, and memoranda. It will also monitor ongoing rulemaking, highlighting relevant regulations and opportunities for public input.
Importantly, this is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all anti-repro policy actions. Instead, this resource will help to connect the dots between key personnel and the harmful policies they promulgate, focusing primarily on major developments within priority Departments.
Explore ongoing executive action updates below and make sure to check back for future opportunities to make your voice heard.
State Department moves to terminate nearly 10,000 foreign aid contracts
Ultimately, nearly 10,000 government contracts worth about $60 billion in humanitarian work abroad will be terminated.
HHS rescinds guidance protecting transgender patients
The Trump administration’s new notice rescinds the previous guidance in an effort to carry out the President’s Executive Order restricting access to gender-affirming care for young people.
President issues Executive Order on in vitro fertilization (IVF)
President Trump signed an Executive Order directing the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy to submit policy recommendations within 90 days on how to protect access to IVF and make it more affordable.
Executive orders on “eradicating anti-Christian bias,” establishing White House Faith Office
President Trump signed two executive orders addressing faith in the public sphere.
U.S. withdrawing from key international bodies
President Trump issued an executive order announcing his decision to leave the United Nations Human Rights Council and United Nations Relief and Works Agency.
Thousands of USAID employees placed on administrative leave
The systematic dismantling of USAID effectively eliminates the agency’s ability to operate and function in the US and globally.
USAID control handed to the Department of State
According to CNN, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has become the acting administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
DOD continues rescission of Biden-era protections for abortion care
The Department of Defense (DoD) has issued another memorandum rescinding reproductive health care protections for servicemembers.
HHS scrubs reproductive and maternal health information, HIPAA guidelines from webpages
NPR reported that the Trump administration had scrubbed the Department of Health and Human Services’ website of any mentions of abortion that discussed protections for abortion and reproductive health care services.
DOD rescinds reproductive health care protections for servicemembers
The Department of Defense issued a memorandum rescinding reproductive health care protections for servicemembers and their dependents.
Executive order restricting access to gender-affirming care for young people
The Trump administration issued an Executive Order directing agencies to restrict access to gender-affirming care for individuals under 19 years of age.
Senior USAID officials put on leave
The Trump administration has ordered approximately 60 senior executive and Foreign Service employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to go on administrative leave effective immediately.
White House attempts to freeze all federal grant and loan programs
The Trump administration has taken various actions attempting to freeze all federal assistance funding, putting access to vital health and nutrition programs at risk for millions of people across the country.
United States announces intent to rejoin “Geneva Consensus Declaration”
The State Department announced its immediate intention to rejoin the so-called “Geneva Consensus Declaration,” an anti-reproductive rights and anti-LGBTQ political statement.
Presidential Memorandum reinstating the Global Gag Rule
President Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum reinstating a harmful and regressive policy that restricts U.S. foreign assistance to organizations providing, counseling, or advocating for legal abortion services.
President Trump fires independent agency watchdogs
President Trump fired as many as 17 agency inspectors general (IGs), including at the Departments of State, Health and Human Services, Defense, Veterans Affairs, Education, Housing and Urban Development, and the Environmental Protection Agency, among others.
DOJ orders prosecutors to cease FACE enforcement
The decision to cease FACE Act enforcement, along with the President’s decision to pardon 23 people convicted under the FACE Act, is an explicit green light to block clinics and deny care to people who need it.
Revoking Biden-era executive orders protecting access to reproductive healthcare
President Trump issued an Executive Order revoking two Biden-era executive orders designed to protect and expand access to reproductive healthcare.
President Trump pardons 23 people convicted of violating the FACE Act
Presidential pardon of 23 people who were convicted of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE Act).
Statement of Administration Policy supporting H.R. 21
The Trump administration issued a Statement of Administration Policy in support of H.R. 21.
Executive Order Seeking to Weaken Legal Protections for Transgender, Nonbinary, and Intersex People
Executive order mandating that the federal government recognizes only two genders, “male and female.”
Withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization
President Trump has signed an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization (WHO).
White House broadly freezes foreign aid
President Trump issued an executive order pausing U.S. foreign development assistance for 90 days amidst a review of “programmatic efficiencies and alignment with U.S. foreign policy.”
ReproductiveRights.gov removed shortly after Inauguration
The Trump administration took down ReproductiveRights.gov, a web page launched by the Biden administration that included information about reproductive health care, abortion, and patient rights.
Executive Order attempting to narrow the scope of birthright citizenship
President Trump issued an Executive Order attempting to restrict birthright citizenship based on parental immigration status, creating legal uncertainty for affected children and families.
