When the Trump administration ended most of USAID’s population control programs, $10 million in abortifacient contraceptives and condoms were in transit to Africa. The drugs and devices, now marooned in a warehouse in Belgium, constitute an acid test of the Trump administration’s commitment to ending
In This Issue: Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in an effort to block the defunding of Planned Parenthood. The suit claims this move would devastate state healthcare systems, even though Planned Parenthood has been closing centers and shifting to telehealth for years. At the same time, abortions have reached a record high of over 402,000—up 2.5% from the previous year—while taxpayer funding has soared to $792.2 million, a 13% increase.
Since the 70s, Planned Parenthood has billed itself as an organization devoted to the “comprehensive care” of women’s health, one whose services tens of millions of women rely upon not just for IUDs and abortions, but for everything from prenatal care to breast cancer screenings. Based
In This Issue: New data from the National Center for Health Statistics, a division of the CDC, shows that while the number of U.S. births rose slightly in 2024 to 3.63 million, the overall fertility rate continued to fall—from 54.5 to 53.8 births per 1,000 women aged 15–44. Birth rates dropped across all younger age groups: teens (down 4%), women in their 20s (down 2–3%), and women in their early 30s (down 1%).
When the Trump administration ended most of USAID’s population control programs, $10 million in abortifacient contraceptives and condoms were in transit to Africa. The drugs
In This Issue: Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in an effort to block the defunding of Planned Parenthood. The suit claims this move would devastate state healthcare systems, even though Planned Parenthood has been closing centers and shifting to telehealth for years. At the same time, abortions have reached a record high of over 402,000—up 2.5% from the previous year—while taxpayer funding has soared to $792.2 million, a 13% increase.
Since the 70s, Planned Parenthood has billed itself as an organization devoted to the “comprehensive care” of women’s health, one whose services tens of millions
In This Issue: New data from the National Center for Health Statistics, a division of the CDC, shows that while the number of U.S. births rose slightly in 2024 to 3.63 million, the overall fertility rate continued to fall—from 54.5 to 53.8 births per 1,000 women aged 15–44. Birth rates dropped across all younger age groups: teens (down 4%), women in their 20s (down 2–3%), and women in their early 30s (down 1%).