Selena Simmons-Duffin

Work rules for sick people on Medicaid will be stricter than advocates had hoped. The Trump administration released its guidance for states, which have to stand up the new bureaucracies by Jan. 1.

Advocates for people with serious illnesses, like cancer and HIV, say the strict Medicaid work rules that the Trump administration released this week are likely to put ongoing treatments in jeopardy.

The Dobbs decision returned abortion policy to the states. Four years later, NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin examines how that promise has played out in practice.

The Trump administration has been trying to get medical records of trans youth from hospitals for months. A federal judge in California just issued a temporary restraining order.

People in favor of healthcare for transgender youth march outside NYU Langone hospital in New York City in February 2025.

DOJ can't get medical files of trans youth in CA Topline: Families of transgender youth in California learned this week that their private medical records will not be sent to the Trump administration, for now.

In at least 100 instances, Crisis Pregnancy Centers claim to be able to rule out ectopic pregnancy, according to a group calling on the New York Attorney General to investigate the practice.

Selena Simmons-Duffin | June 24, 2026 On Mother's Day, the Trump administration launched the website Moms.gov , which directs “expecting

Under President Trump, more federal attention and support has gone towards anti-abortion Christian centers. A watchdog group says many of them mislead patients with promises to "rule out" ectopic pregnancies.

Abortion opponents demonstrate outside the Supreme Court in Washington on June 24, 2022 the day the court decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.