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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

Reproductive health under a second Trump term

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

News, On Point, Daily, Npr, Talk Show

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Trump's allies are hoping another Trump victory will limit access to abortions, contraceptives, IVF, even recreational sex. But they aren't just hoping, they have detailed plans on how to do it.

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On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.

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0:00.0

This is on point. I'm Meghna Chakrabardi. Today in Washington, a case before the US Supreme

0:06.5

Court that could be yet another landmark regarding abortion in America, this case has to do

0:12.4

with the drug Mufa Prristone. It's used in medication abortions

0:16.2

which account for more than half of all abortions in the United States.

0:19.8

The case was filed back in 2022 by a group of doctors who oppose abortion and who claim that

0:26.1

Mifipristone is unsafe and that the FDA acted unlawfully when it relaxed restrictions

0:31.9

on access to Mifeprisstone.

0:34.6

The FDA's label for the drug shows that more than 99.4% of women who take Mifaprisstone

0:41.6

do not require hospitalization or serious medical intervention.

0:47.1

The court is expected to issue a ruling in June.

0:50.2

But regardless of the outcome, legal cases are only one way in which the Trump campaign and its allies

0:56.4

are seeking to completely remake reproductive health laws and regulations in this country.

1:02.1

Should Donald Trump win another term in the White House?

1:05.6

Their aims are described in detail

1:07.4

by a Heritage Foundation document called Project 2025.

1:12.0

Mandate for leadership, the conservative promise.

1:16.0

It includes strict abortion bans, restrictions on contraception and IVF, and formally changing

1:21.9

the name of the Department of Health and Human Services to the

1:25.2

Department of Life.

1:26.9

Notably, the goals would use the powers of the presidency via the executive's control

1:31.1

of federal agencies and not Congress.

1:35.1

Today we're going to take a detailed look at what those goals are and we will hear from Grace

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