Abortion and Reproductive Rights Face Starkly Different Futures under Trump and Harris 🇺🇸 The presidential candidates have vastly divergent records on and plans for protecting access to reproductive health care, including abortion and IVF.
During his first term, Trump appointed the Supreme Court justices who helped overturn Roe v. Wade, the constitutional protection for abortion that had stood for 50 years, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The 2022 ruling set in motion a slew of sweeping abortion restrictions or outright bans at the state level. Trump has repeatedly taken credit for the decision, saying on his social media platform, “I was able to kill Roe v. Wade.”
Harris presents a stark contrast. The Biden-Harris administration signed multiple executive orders to protect abortion, including ensuring abortion medication can be dispensed by pharmacies. The administration also defended abortion access at the Supreme Court in response to a challenge to regulatory approval of the abortion medication mifepristone and in a case involving emergency abortion care. The Biden-Harris administration also expanded coverage of abortion-related travel and made birth control easier to access under Medicaid, the government insurance program for people with a low income.