Trump Stands Firm On Goal Of Overturning Roe V. Wade
Although Donald Trump walked back other campaign promises in an interview Sunday, he reiterated that abortion rights decision should be left to the states. When asked what that would mean for women in states that make abortion illegal, he said, "“Well, they’ll perhaps have to go — they’ll have to go to another state.” Meanwhile, language allowing health care workers to be exempt from performing services that violate their beliefs crops up on Trump's transition website.
The New York Times:
Donald Trump Appears To Soften Stance On Immigration, But Not On Abortion
President-elect Donald J. Trump appeared to soften some of his hardest-line campaign positions on immigration on Sunday, but he also restated his pledge to roll back abortion rights and used Twitter to lash out at his critics, leaving open the possibility that he would continue using social media in the Oval Office and radically change the way presidents speak to Americans. (Davis, 11/13)
The Washington Post:
Trump Health-Care Agenda Evolves Toward Core Republican Thinking
On the transition website, the first two lines in a set of bullet points say that the Trump administration will protect health-care workers from being required to perform services that violate their religious or moral beliefs and that it will “protect innocent human life from conception to natural death.” Neither had figured among the campaign’s health-care positions. (Goldstein, 11/11)
Marketplace:
Women's Health Under The Trump Administration
It is unclear what will happen to the Affordable Care Act, and in particular, what affect policy changes might have on women's health post-election. Right now, women have access to low-cost birth control and other preventative care, but that may change. Additionally, Trump has said he would cut federal funding for Planned Parenthood, despite the fact it provides services for millions of women. (O'Leary and Hershman, 11/11)
In other news, Trump's win prompts a surge of both donations to Planned Parenthood and women seeking long-lasting contraception —
Reuters:
Trump Win Fuels Donations, IUD Demand At Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood is reporting a spike in donations and demand for long-acting contraceptives since Donald Trump's election as U.S. president while abortion foes hope to gain momentum in their quest to cut public funding to the women's health organization. Officials with Planned Parenthood said its patrons are worried about the impact of a Trump presidency on access to abortions and birth control in the United States. (Mincer and Ingram, 11/12)
