Donald Trump How has Donald Trump's first year affected women? “It’s not necessarily just because of Donald Trump,” said Jennifer Lawless, the director of American University’s Women and Politics Institute. They have also sought to advance legislation to curtail abortion rights, with the president’s blessing. The phrasing marked a departure from previous administrations, which proponents of women’s reproductive rights believe provided Trump’s HHS with “a license to discriminate”. But he also argued it was a “precedent” and has sided with conservatives on the issue of religious freedom in the broader context of women’s reproductive rights.

Source: The Guardian January 18, 2018 14:37 UTC