Government website offering reproductive health information goes offline
The government website reproductiverights.gov appears to have gone offline in the evening President Donald Trump’s Inauguration.
The website, launched in 2022 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as part of a public information campaign, contains information about accessing abortion and reproductive health care as well as a “Know Your Rights” patient fact sheet.
“Reproductive health care, including access to birth control and safe and legal abortion care, is an important part of your health and well-being,” a statement on the website reads. “While Roe v. Wade was overturned, abortion remains a common practice in many The state remains legal and other reproductive health services are still protected by law.”
The website confirms that most employer-based health plans and private health insurance plans must cover certain prescription birth control methods under the Affordable Care Act, which Trump has Made a phone call abolition. It also shows a list of other services covered by most insurance plans, including breast and cervical cancer screenings, prenatal care and HIV screenings.
The website reiterates that while abortion legality varies by state, mifepristoneMisoprostol therapy (also called medical abortion) is FDA-approved and is safe and effective when used correctly.
It’s unclear when the site shut down, but it was active as recently as January 15.
CBS News has reached out to the Trump administration for clarification as to why the site is shut down but has not yet received a response.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s appointee to oversee the Department of Health and Human Services, has shifted his public stance on abortion. He said in Facebook Last year, “Abortion should be legal up to a certain number of weeks and restricted thereafter” but also wrote that “every abortion is a tragedy” and called for reductions “through better support for mothers, parents and families” Abortion.
In 2023, he told an NBC News reporter that he would support a national ban on abortion after the first trimester of pregnancy, but hours later, Kennedy’s spokesman said he “does not support legislation banning abortion.” report.
Meanwhile, Trump says abortion decisions should be left up to the states and he will veto federal abortion ban, while also being repeatedly praised for the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade.
According to the Guttmacher Institute, there are currently 12 states with total abortion bans, including four that prohibit abortion after six weeks, before most women realize they are pregnant. according to a CBS News Polla majority of Americans still support abortion being legal in all or most circumstances.
