The Trump administration has empowered anti-choice activists who suggest, contrary to all medical evidence, that abortion increases the risk of breast cancer.
As survivors of sexual assault attempt to determine how the proposed legislation could affect them, opponents of the bill warn of a potential chilling effect on reports of sexual assault, an already-underreported crime.
The religious imposition executive order released Thursday does a lot more than lift restrictions on political speech by churches. It sets the stage for wide-scale LGBTQ discrimination.
“It’s almost as if President Trump is trying to find people who say the most mean, spiteful, hateful things about transgender people to fill roles in his administration,” said Mara Keisling of the National Center for Transgender Equality.
The politics of the imaginary world Gilead have been refreshed for the contemporary audience, raising more nuanced perspectives on childbearing, LGBTQ concerns, and anxieties about fetal "personhood."
The latest move heightens the Trump administration's stealth campaign against LGTBQ people and regulatory power against health-care benefits for vulnerable populations.
