Antiabortion advocates hope that Trump endorses restrictions after the Supreme Court refused to limit access to a key abortion drug.
By Caroline Kitchener and Michael Scherer, The Washington PostFormer president Donald Trump meets with Republican senators on Capitol Hill on Thursday., while a victory for abortion rights advocates, crystallizes the stakes of the next presidential election for access nationwide.
The Biden administration has stressed Trump’s antiabortion track record and his role in overturning Roe. Leaders in Biden’s campaign quickly sounded the alarm after the Supreme Court decision, emphasizing that Trump would have significant power to crack down on abortion pills if he wins. Antiabortion advocates have grown increasingly frustrated that the landmark 2022 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning a right to abortion has done little to decrease the number of abortions nationwide — with more abortions occurring in 2023 than ever before. Experts say the rise of abortion pills has contributed significantly to that trend, with many women now able to access abortion by mail, including in states where the procedure is illegal.
A strategy document published by the conservative Heritage Foundation in April 2023 calls on the next Republican administration to crack down significantly on abortion pills — urging the FDA to overhaul its policies on the medication, including the agency’s 2000 approval of mifepristone. Minutes before House Speaker Mike Johnson — a longtime antiabortion advocate — met with Trump on Thursday morning, Hawkins said she texted the speaker to remind him to emphasize the importance of those appointments for furthering the antiabortion agenda.The leaders of these agencies might not be the only personnel a potential Trump administration chooses to change.
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