WASHINGTON, DC — On a day meant to celebrate freedom, Donald Trump has signed into law the largest Medicaid cuts in U.S. history—ripping health care away from an estimated 17 million people. This gutting of reproductive and maternal care comes as Republican lawmakers in 15 states pump nearly $300 million in taxpayer dollars into unregulated “pregnancy clinics” that offer the illusion of care but are both unprepared and apparently unwilling to provide care in emergency situations including life-threatening ectopic pregnancies.
Reproductive Health and Freedom Watch Executive Director Debra Rosen issued the following statement:
“Let’s call this what it is: a calculated, coordinated attack on poor women and families. While Trump slashes funding for evidence-based, regulated health providers, state lawmakers are steering desperate patients toward clinics that pretend to offer care—but lack the training, oversight, and medical staff to handle basic complications, let alone emergencies like ectopic pregnancy.
“This is not freedom. This is a trap. A two-tiered system where low-income women lose access to doctors and facilities equipped to care for them and are funneled into ideological storefronts dressed up as health centers. The hypocrisy is breathtaking. And the consequences will be deadly. This isn’t just reckless policy—it’s a manufactured and completely avoidable public health crisis.”
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