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Which health ideas, like abortion pill rules or agency changes, were passed or sued?

Research question: Which health policies from the plan, such as abortion pill rules or HHS reorganization, have been enacted, reversed, or litigated?

The records show Congress and the administration enacted a one-year provision in the 2025 budget reconciliation law that bars Planned Parenthood affiliates and some other abortion providers from federal Medicaid funds if they continue providing abortion care 1. The administration rescinded Biden-era EMTALA guidance requiring emergency abortion care, though the statute itself was unchanged 6, and it dismissed the Idaho EMTALA lawsuit in March 2025 7. In December 2025, the VA issued a final rule banning abortion counseling and care at its facilities, with only a narrow lifesaving exception, reportedly relying on a DOJ opinion and an internal memo rather than formal rulemaking 35. On abortion pills, Project 2025 proposes blocking access, but the document presents this only as a proposal, not an enacted rule 8, and a Ninth Circuit appeal led by Washington against the FDA shows litigation over an FDA policy the excerpt does not name 2. On HHS reorganization, the proposals were largely not adopted in the FY2026 Labor-HHS omnibus 16, and HHS had not publicly detailed its plan beyond a March 2025 press release 17. The newest dated fact is from December 2025 3, about ten months before October 2026, so later developments are not covered.

Checked 2026-10-23. Only documented and supported facts are used.
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[1] supported
Congress and the Trump administration enacted a one-year provision through the 2025 budget reconciliation law (OBBBA) that bars Planned Parenthood affiliates and some other abortion providers from receiving federal Medicaid funds if they continue to provide abortion care.
"Through the 2025 budget reconciliation law, also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA), the Republican-controlled Congress and the Trump administration have enacted a one-year provision to “defund Planned Parenthood.”"
Year One of Project 2025: Tracking the Trump Administration’s Devastating Campaign Against Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
[2] supported
The case is an appeal by a group of states, led by Washington, against the FDA in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which indicates litigation over an FDA health policy, though the excerpt does not name the policy.
"STATE OF WASHINGTON; STATE No. 23-35294"
State of Washington v. Fda (Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2024-07-24)
[3] supported
In December 2025, the VA issued a final rule banning abortion counseling and care at VA facilities, with only a narrow lifesaving exception.
"The rule, initially proposed in August 2025, is one of the strictest abortion bans in the country as it applies to all VA health centers across the US, even in the 14 states with constitutional protections for abortion."
Two Sides of the Same Coin: President Trump’s Implementation of Project 2025 - Center for Reproductive Rights
[4] supported
Trump pardoned 23 people who had targeted abortion clinics and had been convicted of violating the FACE Act.
"Trump Action: In January 2025, Trump pardoned 23 people who had targeted abortion clinics and had been convicted of violating the FACE Act."
Year One of Project 2025: Tracking the Trump Administration’s Devastating Campaign Against Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
[5] supported
The VA reportedly relied on a Department of Justice opinion and an internal memo to put the new abortion policy into effect instead of following the formal rulemaking process.
"Notably, instead of following the formal process to finalize such a rule, the VA relied on a Department of Justice opinion"
Two Sides of the Same Coin: President Trump’s Implementation of Project 2025 - Center for Reproductive Rights
[6] supported
The Trump administration rescinded Biden-era EMTALA guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortion care, although the EMTALA statute itself was unchanged.
"The Trump administration rescinded Biden’s EMTALA guidance to hospitals in June 2025."
Year One of Project 2025: Tracking the Trump Administration’s Devastating Campaign Against Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
[7] supported
The Trump administration dismissed a lawsuit that the Biden administration had brought against Idaho over its abortion ban lacking a health exception under EMTALA.
"In March 2025, the Trump administration dismissed a lawsuit initiated by the Biden administration against Idaho, which had charged the state with violating EMTALA by enforcing an abortion ban without a health exception."
Year One of Project 2025: Tracking the Trump Administration’s Devastating Campaign Against Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
[8] supported
Project 2025 proposes blocking access to abortion pills and abortion medical equipment, which the tracker says would effectively ban abortion nationwide; the document presents this as a proposal, not as an enacted rule.
"Blocks access to both abortion pills and medical equipment used for abortion care—effectively banning abortion access nationwide."
Tracking Project 2025: How Much Has Been Implemented So Far?
[9] supported
A federal court vacated provisions of Section 1557 ACA regulations that addressed gender identity discrimination.
"In November 2025, a federal court vacated provisions of Section 1557 regulations related to gender identity discrimination."
Year One of Project 2025: Tracking the Trump Administration’s Devastating Campaign Against Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
[10] supported
Shortly after the inauguration, the administration removed ReproductiveRights.gov, a Biden-era web page with information on reproductive health care, abortion, and patient rights.
"Shortly after President Trump’s inauguration, his administration removed ReproductiveRights.gov, a web page launched by the Biden administration which included essential information about reproductive health care, abortion, and patient rights."
Two Sides of the Same Coin: President Trump’s Implementation of Project 2025 - Center for Reproductive Rights
[11] documented
The Department of Health and Human Services proposed to prohibit the use or disclosure of Protected Health Information (PHI) for criminal, civil, or administrative investigations into individuals seeking or obtaining reproductive health care outside their home state if that care was lawful where provided.
"Accordingly, the Department proposes to prohibit uses and disclosures of PHI where it is sought for use in an investigation into or proceeding against a person for seeking, obtaining, providing or facilitating reproductive health care outside of the state in which investigation or proceeding is authorized and where such health care is lawful under the circumstances in which it was provided."
HIPAA Privacy Rule To Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (Health and Human Services Department, 2023-04-17)
[12] documented
Regulated entities would be permitted to disclose PHI for investigations into reproductive health care if they determine the care was provided in a state where it was unlawful and not protected by Federal law.
"Where the regulated entity determines that the reproductive health care was provided under circumstances where it was unlawful, the proposed prohibition would not apply, and the regulated entity would be permitted to use or disclose the PHI for a criminal, civil, or administrative investigation into or proceeding against a person in connection with seeking, obtaining, providing, or facilitating re"
HIPAA Privacy Rule To Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (Health and Human Services Department, 2023-04-17)
[13] documented
The proposed rule aims to prevent health care providers from omitting information from medical records due to fear that patient information might be disclosed for use in criminal or civil proceedings.
"Similarly, health care providers may omit information about an individual's medical history or condition, or leave gaps or include inaccuracies, when preparing medical records, out of fear that the individual's PHI is likely to be disclosed without the individual's or the health care provider's knowledge or consent for use in criminal or civil proceedings against the individual, their health care "
HIPAA Privacy Rule To Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (Health and Human Services Department, 2023-04-17)
[14] documented
The Department included modifications to provisions permitting the use or disclosure of PHI for public health and research activities without consent or authorization.
"The Department also included modifications to the provisions permitting the use or disclosure of PHI for public health activities and for research activities without consent, authorization, or an opportunity to agree or object."
HIPAA Privacy Rule To Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (Health and Human Services Department, 2023-04-17)
[15] documented
The proposed rule is intended to address concerns that individuals may withhold health information from providers due to a lack of trust in privacy protections, potentially leading to substandard care.
"However, if individuals do not trust that their health care providers will keep their sensitive information private, they may withhold important health information from their health care providers, leading to incomplete and inaccurate medical records and potentially substandard health care."
HIPAA Privacy Rule To Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (Health and Human Services Department, 2023-04-17)
[16] documented
HHS reorganization proposals were largely not adopted in the House committee bill, the Senate committee bill, or the enacted FY2026 Labor-HHS omnibus.
"These reorganization proposals were largely not adopted in the House committee bill, Senate committee bill, or enacted FY2026 LHHS omnibus."
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: FY2026 Appropriations
[17] supported
As of the writing of this document, HHS had not publicly provided details about its reorganization plan beyond what was included in a March 27, 2025 press release.
"As of the date of this writing, HHS has not publicly provided details about the reorganization plan beyond what was included in the March 27, 2025, pr"
The Reorganization of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Selected Legal Issues
[18] documented
The final rule protects privacy for reproductive health care that is especially likely to be lawful under the circumstances in which it was provided.
"The final rule addresses these interests by protecting privacy in situations where the reproductive health care at issue is especially likely to be lawful under the circumstances in which such health care was provided."
HIPAA Privacy Rule To Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (Health and Human Services Department, 2024-04-26)
[19] supported
On January 3, 2023, the FDA modified the mifepristone REMS after reviewing its risks and benefits.
"On January 3, 2023, the FDA, after an independent and comprehensive review of the risks and benefits of the drug, modified the REMS for mifepristone."
Further Efforts To Protect Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services (Executive Office of the President, 2023-01-26)
[20] supported
As part of its reorganization, HHS plans to allot $14 billion in funding to a new agency called the Administration (name truncated in the excerpt).
"As part of the reorganization, the HHS plans to allot $14 billion in funding into a new agency called the Administration ..."
HHS releases more detailed 2026 budget disclosing scope of cuts
[21] supported
A requester cannot rely only on their own statement that reproductive health care was unlawful; they must supply information giving actual knowledge or a substantial factual basis for that conclusion.
"Instead, the person requesting the use or disclosure of PHI must provide the regulated entity with information such that it would constitute actual knowledge or that demonstrates to the regulated entity a substantial factual basis that the reproductive health care was not lawful under the specific circumstances in which such health care was provided."
HIPAA Privacy Rule To Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (Health and Human Services Department, 2024-04-26)
[22] supported
After the REMS change, 22 State Attorneys General wrote to the FDA threatening to enforce state laws that interfere with access to mifepristone.
"In a letter to the FDA, for example, 22 State Attorneys General threatened to enforce State laws that purport to interfere with access to mifepristone."
Further Efforts To Protect Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services (Executive Office of the President, 2023-01-26)
[23] documented
The Department acknowledged that its approach may inadvertently block disclosure of PHI about reproductive health care that was unlawfully provided, such as when a provider reasonably but wrongly judges its care to be lawful.
"The Department recognizes that, in some cases, the approach adopted in this final rule may inadvertently prohibit the disclosure of PHI about reproductive health care that was unlawfully provided, such as where a health care provider reasonably but incorrectly determines that the reproductive health care it provided was lawful under the circumstances in which such health care was provided."
HIPAA Privacy Rule To Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (Health and Human Services Department, 2024-04-26)
[24] documented
The Department of Justice formed a Reproductive Rights Task Force to monitor state and local laws that threaten federal reproductive care protections.
"The Department of Justice announced the formation of a Reproductive Rights Task Force, which, among other things, is focused on evaluating and monitoring State and local legislation"
Further Efforts To Protect Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services (Executive Office of the President, 2023-01-26)