Trump Is Going After Birth Control
And social media influencers are manipulating women into supporting it
Americans have proven time and time again that being anti-abortion is a losing issue for Republicans. But that doesn’t mean that the Trump administration is leaving women’s reproductive rights alone.
Instead, they’re shifting their target to birth control.
Trump’s attacks on birth control:
Sex Ed: Removed birth control education from the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program and replaced it with “period tracking.”
Title X: Shifted the nation’s family planning program away from affordable contraception in favor of “natural family planning.”
Clinics: Cut funding that forced reproductive health providers to reduce services or close their doors.
Pharmacists: Expanded protections allowing pharmacists to refuse to dispense birth control based on personal beliefs.
None of this is happening by accident.
While politicians do their best to restrict access to birth control, a well-funded network of conservative influencers has been laying the groundwork online for years.
From MAHA wellness creators to Evie magazine, they have flooded our TikTok and Instagram algorithms with anti-birth control content, repackaging misinformation as "women's wellness."
While every woman’s experience with birth control is different, and too many of us have felt ignored or dismissed by the healthcare system, that’s exactly what this social media misinformation exploits.
These social media posts aren’t about empowering women to make informed choices.
They’re trying to convince young women that birth control is inherently harmful, while framing the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict access as something that protects rather than limits their freedom.
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