Here’s a closer look at the legal tools available to a future administration intent on limiting abortion access – and how abortion rights defenders are preparing to fight back.
Federal actions
For advocates of abortion rights, the nightmare scenario is a Republican-controlled Congress enacting sweeping national restrictions or an outright ban.
Vice President Kamala Harris has championed a federal law protecting abortion, but that would require Democratic control of the House, Senate, and presidency.
If Trump wins but Republicans do not control Congress, he could still “do a lot of damage to abortion access” through federal actions and judicial appointments, American University law professor Lewis Grossman told AFP.
The Republican former president’s Supreme Court picks were pivotal in dismantling decades of legal precedent protecting the national right to abortion.
While Trump has at times hinted at moderation during the 2024 campaign – even suggesting he might veto any anti-abortion law that lands on his desk – some fear Project 2025 as the real battle plan.
Published by the ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation, the document offers a roadmap for harsher executive branch restrictions, developed with input from former Trump officials. Trump has publicly distanced himself from the document.
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