Women who survived their own botched abortions spoke out against Democrats for blocking a "Born-Alive" protections bill for abortion survivors this week.
Trump expands Reagan-era abortion policy, cutting billions in global health aid to groups that provide abortion services.
The March for Life on Friday brought together a movement invigorated by some early moves of the second Trump administration.
President Donald Trump vowed to support anti-abortion-rights protesters in his second term as tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied in Washington on Friday for the annual March for Life.
Abortion foes have long argued that morning-after pills like Ella can act as abortifacients, substances that cause abortion. These claims have been strongly debunked. Evidence shows that Ella, when taken at its standard 30-milligram dose, works by delaying ovulation, preventing fertilization.
Some posts related to obtaining abortion pills were recently hidden on Instagram and Facebook and some accounts were suspended, before being later restored.
The president reinstated a policy blocking U.S. aid to foreign organizations that use funds for abortion. He also overturned two Biden executive orders, contending they violated the law barring federal funding for abortion.
This month, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) announced that the state will build up a supply of medications used in abortions. New Jersey joins other blue states, including Massachusetts and California, in stockpiling mifepristone in anticipation of Trump’s new administration.
North Dakota’s highest court has ruled that the state’s overturned abortion ban will not be enforced during an appeal of a judge’s ruling that struck down the law in September.
The move came after he addressed thousands of abortion opponents in Washington to mark the 52nd anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade.