“Get this under control”: Mark Robinson’s anti-birth control tirade spoils Trump’s Project 2025 spin

As such, Project 2025 has language in it that subtly lays the groundwork for an eventual ban on nearly all forms of female-controlled contraception. As Reproductive Freedom for All pointed out in a campaign memo, “Project 2025 includes personhood language and policies that propagate the belief that life begins at conception.” The same people perpetuate … Read more

‘We wanna produce babies’: Trump tries to pitch himself as IVF supporter after Roe fall

In a statement, the Harris-Walz campaign called Trump’s IVF promise a “brazen lie”, and pointed out that the Republican party’s 2024 platform, which is linked on the Trump campaign website, states in its section on abortion and fertility treatment14s that the states are “free to pass laws” enforcing 14th amendment rights – a nod to … Read more

Trump involved with the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025

Secret video: Project 2025 author says Trump “blessed” the “second phase” of their agenda “Behind closed doors, chief Project 2025 architect Russ Vought confirmed Donald Trump has ‘blessed’ the work of Project 2025 architects as they work on the ‘second phase’ of their dangerous MAGA blueprint,” Floyd said in a press release shared with Truthout. “Trump’s … Read more

Project 2025 is largely done and ready to go if Trump is elected

The Man Behind Project 2025’s Most Radical Plans But then again, his resignation was at least partly symbolic: The work of Project 2025 is largely done. Under Dans, the project has assembled a database of more than 10,000 names — job candidates vetted for loyalty to Trump’s cause — who will be ready to deploy … Read more

Trump and Project 2025 – work is already done and ready to go

Don’t Be Fooled By Trump’s Big Display Of Killing Project 2025 Most importantly, the work that Project 2025 was doing is basically already done. It assembled a 900-page blueprint for a radical far-right agenda for Trump II and became a clearinghouse for potential personnel in a second Trump term. Perhaps a better way to phrase … Read more

Republicans Want to Bring Women Back to the 1950s

Ultimately, Republicans want fetal personhood—which affords embryos the same rights as people—but that unscientific principle will make IVF unsustainable because embryos are always lost in the process. … Republicans haven’t just limited themselves to reproductive rights; they are also coming for women’s legal rights. Consider the Republican bid to end no-fault divorce—something that was signed … Read more

Iowa 6 week abortion ban is now in effect – news round-up

Iowa’s six-week abortion ban is now in effect However, the 4-3 Iowa Supreme Court decision sets a high standard for finding state abortion laws unconstitutional. The Supreme Court majority ruled that the “rational basis” test will be used to assess Iowa abortion laws constitutionality. This means that if the state has a legitimate reason to enact a … Read more

The Republican party’s obsession with families has taken a fanatical turn | opinion

If you’re a woman in America, Republicans want you to be a mother whether you care to or not. They want you to risk your health to give them more babies. Then, when those babies get bigger, they want to make sure that those children’s fathers – or, excuse me, “parents” – have a near-total … Read more

Kevin Roberts, architect of Project 2025, has close ties to radical Catholic group Opus Dei

Roberts gained notoriety this year as the leading force behind Project 2025, a foundation plan backed by more than 100 conservative groups that seeks to radically upend a broad range of policies if Trump gets elected again, from limiting abortion access and LGBTQ+ rights and dismantling the Department of Education, to ending diversity programs and … Read more

VP Harris says JD Vance didn’t give voters ‘the full story’

“You cannot stand for unity if you are pushing an agenda that deprives whole groups of Americans of basic freedoms. You cannot claim you stand for unity if you are intent on taking away reproductive freedoms from the people of America,” Harris said, referencing conservative plans that could limit access to contraception and fertility treatment. … Read more