Tracking every rollback, reversal, and overreach — and the path back to the America we know.
The Trump administration redirected the Title X family planning program to de-emphasize hormonal birth control provision at health clinics. This policy shift changes the program's core focus despite clinics receiving delayed funding. The change directly impacts women's access to contraception through federally-funded clinics nationwide.
On January 23, 2017, President Trump signed a memorandum reinstating the Mexico City Policy, which prohibits U.S. federal funding to foreign non-governmental organizations that perform abortion services or provide information about abortion. The policy eliminates funding to international family planning organizations that include abortion in their services, affecting millions of people in developing countries who rely on these organizations for reproductive healthcare, maternal health, and family planning services.