President Trump will reinstate a policy cutting off U.S. global health funding to international organizations that provide legal abortion information, referrals or services, the White House wrote in a memo released on Friday.
President Trump bragged about overturning Roe v. Wade in a video address to tens of thousands of attendees at the March for Life anti-abortion rally in Washington, D.C., on Friday.
The big picture: Trump had shied away from abortion while campaigning after it became a winning issue for Democrats. His speech Friday found him once again leaning into a core priority for many Republicans.
Frontier Direct Care, a worksite primary care provider for self-funded employers, is seeking investors for the rest of its $20 million Series B, CEO Bibb Beale tells Axios.
Why it matters: Roughly 70% of large employers that offer health insurance are self-insured.
President Trump has moved into the Oval Office, but his health care agenda — and its impact on the industry — isn't much clearer than it was when he first announced his selection of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS.
Why it matters: The void leaves open the option of both a minimalist and a maximalist approach to policymaking across public health and more nuts-and-bolts health care delivery topics. At this point, it's reasonable for Washington watchers to expect either.
President Trump signed pardons on Thursday for 23 anti-abortion protesters who were convicted of illegally blockading a reproductive health clinic in Washington, D.C.
What they're saying: "They should not have been prosecuted; it's a great honor to sign this," Trump said as he signed the order one day before he's due to speak via video at anti-abortion activists' annual March for Life rally on the National Mall in D.C., which Vice President JD Vance is due to address in person.
