The Trump Administration Says IUDs and the Pill Are Abortions

[SamuelTheThird]

Last edited Wed Sep 17, 2025, 02:10 PM - Edit history (1)

https://jessica.substack.com/p/trump-birth-control-abortion

Today, the Trump administration told The New York Times that IUDs, hormonal implants, and the Pill are actually abortions. We’ve been waiting for this to happen.

For years, Abortion, Every Day warned that Republicans would try to ban birth control by twisting language—redefining certain contraceptives as ‘abortifacients’. It’s their best bet at staving off voter outrage: pretending that they’re opposing abortion, not birth control.

Up until recently, conservative lawmakers and activists did this behind-the-scenes—slipping the fake definition into a lawsuit here, a policy there. But they’ve been getting bolder since Trump took office. And today, they stopped pretending:

In a statement to The New York Times about the administration’s plan to destroy $10 million in birth control meant for women abroad, U.S.A.I.D. offered this statement:

“President Trump is committed to protecting the lives of unborn children all around the world. The administration will no longer supply abortifacient birth control under the guise of foreign aid.”

[MineralMan]

1. Who is Jessica?

Let's start there. I'm not about to go rummaging around in someone's substack without knowing something about that person.

You know, you can quote four paragraphs from stuff you find online. That's enough to help us get some idea bout the writer at least.

So, I'm not clicking your link.

[Quiet Em]

2. Jessica Valenti

She's a feminist writer who has been covering the Republicans attacks on women's reproductive rights extensively.

[MineralMan]

3. Thank you. That helps.

[intheflow]

5. She runs an organization called Abortion Every Day.

It's had a number of successes in fighting antiabortion laws in the South.

[MineralMan]

4. Thank you for adding the additional information.