⚕️FDA restricts mifepristone as HHS defunds Title X clinics

Federal policy changes eliminate funding for contraception, prenatal care, and family planning services while restricting healthcare provider options for women in rural and low-income communities. Women lose access to routine gynecological care, cancer screenings, and pregnancy services while facing increased maternal mortality and unplanned pregnancies.

Birth control enables women to complete education, maintain employment, and plan families according to their economic circumstances and life goals. Policy restrictions force unplanned pregnancies that disrupt careers, increase poverty, and limit educational achievement while affecting children's outcomes when families lack resources to provide adequate care and support.

Pregnancy complications require professional medical care and monitoring that prevent death during childbirth and postpartum periods. Healthcare restrictions eliminate services that detect high-risk conditions while forcing women to seek emergency care that costs more and delivers worse outcomes than preventive care and planned delivery services.

Women cannot achieve equal participation in education, employment, and civic life when government controls reproductive decisions that affect career timing, family size, and economic independence. Constitutional equality requires reproductive autonomy while government restriction of healthcare creates second-class citizenship for women who lose control over fundamental life decisions affecting their futures.