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Long before Roe v. Wade was overturned, reproductive justice advocates had been sounding the alarm about the increasing number of women subjected to criminal investigation for suspected abortion, stillbirth or miscarriage.
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe in 2022, anti-abortion advocates launched a barrage of litigation, including a federal suit in Texas aimed at mifepristone, one drug in a two-drug regimen used in medication abortions.
The website reproductiverights.gov is no longer online. Based on archived pages, the website was online just days before Trump's inauguration. However, we do not know why the site is down and have reached out to the Trump administration to learn more.
On Jan. 22, 1973, in its historic Roe vs. Wade decision, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down state bans and made abortion legal.
The site was launched in 2022 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as part of a public awareness campaign.
Senate Bill 171 seeks to restrict abortion-inducing drugs and alter exceptions for rape and incest, reigniting debates on reproductive rights.
President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration will restore sweeping power to anti-abortion activists’ staunchest ally, who many in the movement once deemed “the most pro-life president” in the nation’s history.
Meanwhile, in an executive order, Trump created his long-discussed “Department of Government Efficiency,” to be led by Elon Musk, the world’s richest man. On paper, the department is tasked with modernizing federal technology and software; however, Trump and Musk have spent months boasting about how it will gut the federal government.
Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday he would study the abortion pill mifepristone for "safety issues" if confirmed to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Newsweek reached out to the White House for comment via email.
President Donald Trump is heading into the fifth day of his second term in office, striving to remake the traditional boundaries of Washington by asserting unprecedented executive power.
Abortion was the leading cause of human deaths in 2024, resulting in the loss of over 73 million lives around the globe according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Approximately one million ...