False science and misogyny: Trump’s assault on reproductive rights

Abstract

Abstract: Falsa scienza e misoginia: l'assalto di Trump ai diritti riproduttivi – This article provides an overview of the various actions undertaken by the Trump Administration to dismantle the protection of reproductive rights, both domestically and internationally. First, the article tackles the use of false science in the Trump Administration’s measures regulating access to abortion and contraception. Next, it traces the most salient domestic policies, legislative measures and judicial cases that affected reproductive rights during the Trump Administration. The article then moves to the analysis of US international action to boycott reproductive rights globally during the Trump presidency. Finally, the article places the anti-reproductive rights action carried on under Trump in the frame of the Administration’s attempt to reframe fundamental rights in illiberal ways.