It has become a rhetorical theme for Democrats working to hold on to the White House: Allies of former president , they say, want to infuse conservative ideals into how the federal government does business. Health Brief is a coproduction of The Washington Post and KFF Health News. That vision is outlined in the “ ,” a 900-page blueprint produced by the conservative and other conservative organizations as a guide for the next administration.
Although Project 2025 has no place in his campaign, Democrats keep bringing it up. On each night of the Democratic National Convention so far, speakers have invoked Project 2025, with Sen. (I-Vt.
) calling it “radical”; Colorado Gov. (D) holding up a bound copy of the “Mandate for Leadership” and Trump’s “road map to ban abortion in all 50 states”; and comedian highlighting its call to use the 19th-century to block the mailing of abortion pills. Among Project 2025’s proposals are plans for federal health policy.
For instance, the would adopt a staunch antiabortion stance, and federal approval for one commonly used abortion drug could be revisited and potentially withdrawn. “Abortion,” “reproductive health” and any other term “used to deprive Americans of their First Amendment rights” would be removed from every federal rule, regulation, grant or piece of legislation. The would research abortion risks and complications.
And HHS would be recast as the Department of Life, underscoring a new Christian nationalist.