Donald Trump backed down from a statement that he was “looking at” restrictions on contraceptives, but he may be eyeing changes to insurance that could make birth control harder to get.
backed down from a previous statement that he was “looking at” restrictions on contraceptives, but he may be eyeing changes toblueprint, a conservative plan to reshape the federal government to advance the Republican agenda, has set out several conservative ideas regarding birth control that have been floated as policies Trump could implement during a second term.
“The notion that there’s a formal organized movement to ban contraception across America is downright silly,” said Roger Severino, a former Trump administration official who drafted the healthcare section of Project 2025. “I don’t know how that idea came about. But it strikes me as political posturing in the wake of thedecision to try to mislead people into thinking everything is up for grabs having to do with sex. It’s fearmongering.
“Instead of a mandate of a particular potentially abortifacient drug, it should be opt-in instead of opt-out,” Severino said. “Mandates are a difficult thing to impose on the American people, especially when you have something as fraught as issues of potential loss of life.
During his presidency, Trump made it harder to get birth control for some by allowing employers to opt out of covering birth control. In 2019, his administration alsoa portion of the federal Title X program, which provides free and subsidized birth control, sexually transmitted disease screenings, breast cancer screenings, and similar services to millions of low-income people.
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