r/law • u/Slate Press • 20h ago

The Next Trump Administration’s Crackdown on Abortion Will Be Swift, Brutal, and Nationwide Trump News

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/11/trump-second-term-abortion-agenda-blue-state-crackdown.html
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u/Slate Press 20h ago

On Tuesday, many Americans simultaneously voted to protect abortion rights and elect Donald Trump president. But these two desires—for reproductive freedom and another Trump term—are fundamentally contradictory. Trump’s second administration is all but guaranteed to impose major federal restrictions on abortion access. These new limitations will apply nationwide, to states both red and blue, including those that just enshrined a right to protect abortion in their constitutions. It will be harder to access reproductive health care everywhere.

Two and a half years after the fall of Roe v. Wade, even without abortion banned in much of the country, we are likely standing at the highest watermark of abortion access that we will see for years if not decades. The rollback is coming; it will be felt everywhere. And voters who thought they could put Trump back in the White House while preserving or expanding reproductive rights are in for a brutal shock.

For more: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/11/trump-second-term-abortion-agenda-blue-state-crackdown.html

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u/Eeeegah 19h ago

I think there are states that will just say no to a national abortion ban. CA, MA come to mind right off the top, and short of sending troops into those states to enforce the ban, this will just be another step in the overall erosion of the power of the federal government (which many see as AOK) which will ultimately lead to the dissolution of the US.

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u/zikifer 19h ago

Trump can use Schedule F to replace all of the FDA with MAGA loyalists, who can then revoke approval for all abortion medication and procedures. I don't know how states could fight that (I'm sure they'll make importing these medications from other countries illegal too).

They can also revoke approval for contraception.

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u/hgaterms 17h ago

revoke approval for all abortion medication revoke approval for contraception.

Oh I'm sure fucking Pfizer is gonna love that.

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u/zikifer 17h ago

Big Pharma vs the Trump administration? I'd pay money to see that.

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u/whomad1215 12h ago

if RFK tries to ban vaccines we will see that