- Project 2025 is a conservative policy agenda aiming to ban abortion nationwide, block abortion pills, enforce personhood laws, and criminalize providers.
Project 2025, led by the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation, is a framework that is built and backed by over 100 far-right Republican organizations in the US. It seeks to bypass Congress under a Trump presidency. Much of the framework is anti-feminist, including its stance on abortion and reproductive rights.
According to the Guardian, the framework says: “Conservatives in the states, and in Washington, including in the next conservative administration, should push as hard as possible to protect the unborn in every jurisdiction in America.”
What Is Project 2025 and How Does It Attack Abortion Rights?
How Project 2025 attacks abortion rights:
- by enforcing the Comstock Act – blocks abortion pills and medical equipment;
- via fetal personhood laws – could impact contraception and IVF;
- by eliminating federal support – ends government funding for abortion, including emergency care for pregnant people who need an abortion;
- by invasive abortion data tracking – monitors abortion-related searches and medical records; and
- by criminalizing providers – bans doctors from offering safe abortion care.
Pro-choice site Reproductive Freedom For All notes that support of the framework would mean that 50 US states would “effectively ban abortion with or without the support of Congress and the courts.”
Overall, the text undermines a person’s right to choose and have autonomy over their own body. In a bold, unapologetic, and extremely damaging statement, Project 2025 notes: “The Secretary must ensure that all health-care programs and activities are rooted in a deep respect for innocent human life from day one until natural death: abortion and euthanasia are not health care.”
Why Do Most Americans Oppose Project 2025’s National Abortion Ban Plan
- One in four Americans do not know what it is.
- One in five shifted to oppose it when they learned about the text, according to Feminist.
- Donald Trump has tried to distance himself from the extreme framework by insinuating he has “no idea who is behind it.”
- A poll from watchdog groups in July 2024 revealed large public opposition to Project 2025’s radical anti-abortion agenda.
- 83% of Americans oppose national bans on abortion and IVF – key components of the Project.
“Extreme conservatives want to have more control over our lives and take away our freedoms. Nowhere is this more evident than in Project 2025’s anti-abortion, anti-IVF agenda. Americans clearly reject these policies. It’s no surprise that the more Americans learn about Project 2025’s far-right manifesto, the more they oppose its plans,” said Caroline Ciccone, President of Accountable US.
FAQs
Q: What is Project 2025’s stance on abortion?
A: Project 2025 seeks to ban abortion nationwide, restrict abortion pills, and enforce personhood laws that could also impact birth control and IVF.
Q: How does Project 2025 threaten reproductive rights?
A: Project 2025 aims to criminalize abortion providers, track abortion-related data, and block emergency abortion care, putting lives at risk.
Q: How can Americans fight Project 2025’s abortion restrictions?
A: Raising awareness, voting for pro-choice candidates, supporting abortion funds, and spreading information about Project 2025 are key ways to oppose it.
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