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The reproductiverights.gov website was the first to be taken offline as part of the incoming Trump administration’s purge of information it wants people to be unable to access. Reported by CBS News.
The site was launched by the Biden administration in 2022 following a Supreme Court takedown order. Roe v. Wadestrengthens federal protections that give people the right to have abortions. The site, run by the Department of Health and Human Services, provides information about abortion rights, tells people what types of care are available and how to advocate for access to that care. It also offered information on a range of other sexual and reproductive health services, including breast and cervical cancer screenings, prenatal care and HIV screenings. while one archive version of the site Available through the Internet Archive, the information is no longer housed in a dedicated federal domain.
by exceeding RoeAbortion care laws are left up to the states, meaning access varies greatly depending on where a person lives. According to the Guttmacher Institute41 states have some restrictions on abortion, including 12 that have outright bans on health care. Access may vary depending on how far along a person is in the pregnancy process, and exemptions may or may not be available.
A regularly updated database that provides easy-to-navigate and easy-to-understand care options managed by experts is exactly the type of situation you want. So of course it’s gone now.
This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. Trump presided over a similar purge of science-based information posted on government websites during his first term, primarily targeting information on climate change. On his first day in office in 2017, he removed all mentions of climate change from whitehouse.gov, deleted pages on climate change It took from the websites of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of the Interior, and the Department of Energy and basically tried to suppress any suggestion that climate change is happening or will affect humans. Fortunately, if you ignore it, it just stays that way go…right?
In any case, the reality is that the takedown of reproductiverights.gov and other federal sites is somewhat of a virtue signal from the Trump administration. It is not the website that dictates the reality of reproductive rights, and there are many third parties. Planned Parenthood, Center for Reproductive Rightsand Guttmacher Institute provides actionable information for those seeking abortion care. Hell, you can still find information about abortion rights on government websites thanks to people who like it Congressman Dan Goldman of New Yorkwhich maintains a list of resources for its constituents.
However, the decision to cancel the site on day one shows where this administration’s priorities lie. Spanish-language pages for the White House went down yesterdayas he also did Pages referring to LGBTQ rights. If you want to know who the other party is, just look at who has access to the information.
