As a second Trump administration approaches, we’re running out of time to confirm as many federal judges as possible to provide a check on his presidential power and curb his stated policy priorities.
There are 40 federal judicial vacancies and 16 nominations before the Senate right now—as our civil rights hang in the balance, take action now!
A health care provider’s personal beliefs should never dictate health care. Yet the federal Weldon Amendment allows personal beliefs, not patient health or the standard of care, to determine the care a patient receives.
For too long, the Weldon Amendment has prioritized personal beliefs over patient care and has served as a looming threat to states and localities seeking to protect access to abortion. Now, the threat is no longer theoretical – the Trump-Pence Administration weaponized the Weldon Amendment in unprecedented ways to penalize state actors that protect abortion access, and to deny patients access to critical care.
