The Federal Reproductive Rights website was removed on Trump’s first day

As part of the Trump administration’s upcoming purge of information they would rather people not have access to, the website Reproductiverights.gov has been shut down, for the first time Spotted by CBS News.

The Biden administration launched the website in 2022 after the Supreme Court decided to invalidate it Roe v. Wadeoverturning federal protections that gave people the right to access abortions. The website, run by the Department of Health and Human Services, provides information about abortion rights, informing people about the type of care available to them and how to advocate for access to that care. It also provided information on a number of other sexual and reproductive health services including breast and cervical cancer screenings, antenatal care, and HIV testing. Instead Archived version of the site It is accessible through the Internet Archive, and the information is no longer hosted on the designated federal domain.

With the coup Roelaws regarding abortion care are left to the states — meaning access varies widely depending on where a person lives. Per Guttmacher Institute41 states have some restrictions on access to abortion, including 12 states that have complete bans on health services. Access can vary depending on how far a person is in the pregnancy process, and exceptions may or may not be available.

It’s the exact situation where you would want a regularly updated database that provides care options that are easy to navigate and understand and maintained by experts. Of course, this is gone now.

This shouldn’t come as a big surprise. Trump led a similar purge of science-based information hosted on government websites during his first term, primarily targeting information about climate change. During his first day in office in 2017 All references to climate change were deleted From Whitehouse.gov, Pages related to climate change have been removed From the websites of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of the Interior, and the Department of Energy, they basically tried to bury any suggestion that climate change is happening or will have an impact on people. Fortunately, if you ignore it, it does He walks away…right?

In any case, the truth is that shutting down Reproducerrights.gov and other federal sites is a virtue signal from the Trump administration. It’s not the site that dictates the reality of reproductive rights, there are plenty of third parties like it Planned Parenthood, Center for Reproductive Rightsand Guttmacher Institute That provides actionable information for those seeking abortion care. Oh my goodness, you can still find information about abortion rights on government websites thanks to people like Congressman Dan Goldman of New Yorkwhich maintains a list of resources for its constituents.

But the decision to remove the site on day one shows where this administration’s priorities lie. Pages in Spanish for the White House It happened to come down yesterdayas he did Pages that mention LGBTQ rights. If you want to know who is in the crosshairs, just look at whose access to information has been cut off.