Alanna Vagianos

New York

Senior Reporter at HuffPost

Senior reporter @HuffPost covering gender + politics, focused on repro justice & gender-based violence. (she/her) [email protected] or DM for Signal

Articles

The GOP’s Pro-Natalism Resembles Past Fascist Regimes

3 days ago | businessandamerica.com | Alanna Vagianos

President Donald Trump is reportedly entertaining policy proposals to incentivize American women to have more children. But the proposals don’t include basic and undeniably effective ideas like subsidized child care or paid parental leave. Instead, the Trump administration appears to be considering a $5,000 cash “baby bonus” and a “National Medal of Motherhood” for any woman who has six or more children.
The GOP’s Obsession With Women Having Babies Looks A Lot Like The Past

5 days ago | huffpost.com | Alanna Vagianos

President Donald Trump is reportedly entertaining policy proposals to incentivize American women to have more children. But the proposals don’t include basic and undeniably effective ideas like subsidized child care or paid parental leave. Instead, the Trump administration appears to be considering a $5,000 cash “baby bonus” and a “National Medal of Motherhood” for any woman who has six or more children.
Abortion Bans Are Making It Harder For Some People to Find Basic Health Care

6 days ago | huffpost.com | Alanna Vagianos

Abortion bans and restrictions are disproportionately hurting LGBTQ+ people — making it harder for them to access a wide range of care compared to non-LGBTQ+ people. A new survey from the Center for American Progress, published Thursday and shared exclusively with HuffPost, found that the abortion bans passed since the fall of Roe v. Wade have created huge health care disparities.
Josh Hawley Introduces Law To Ban Mailing Of Abortion Pills, Citing Junk Science Report

1 week ago | huffpost.com | Alanna Vagianos

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced a law on Tuesday to restrict the abortion pill mifepristone, citing an anti-abortion junk science report that has been making the rounds in conservative media. The “Restoring Safeguard for Dangerous Abortion Drugs Act” aims to restrict mifepristone by reinstating 2011 Food and Drug Administration rules around the medication.
Trump DOJ Just Sided With Biden On Abortion Pill Case – But It’s Not What You Think

1 week ago | huffpost.com | Alanna Vagianos

President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice sided with the Biden administration’s defense of mifepristone on Monday in an ongoing federal lawsuit over the abortion pill. It’s an unexpected move for the anti-abortion administration, and experts warned HuffPost that it’s actually a calculated political move to delay the war on abortion care. The suit, State of Missouri v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, is an amended complaint to last year’s Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v.
The Effect Of Trump's Policies On Women Everywhere Is In — And It's Not Good

1 week ago | huffpost.com | Alanna Vagianos

President Donald Trump’s decision to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development and slash all of its global family planning grants has created chaos and uncertainty in developing nations that relied on the United States for critical sexual and reproductive health care.
Republicans Have A 'Catastrophic' Plan Buried In Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill'

1 week ago | huffpost.com | Alanna Vagianos

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) promised this week that he will work to realize one of Republicans‚Äô long-held goals: defunding Planned Parenthood. Johnson announced Tuesday during a keynote speech for anti-abortion organization Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America that President Donald Trump‚Äôs economic agenda will include defunding ‚Äúbig abortion‚ÄĚ ‚ÄĒ a disparaging phrase used by the religious right to refer to Planned Parenthood.
GOP Lays Groundwork To Restrict Abortion Pill With New Junk Science Report

2 weeks ago | huffpost.com | Alanna Vagianos

Republicans and right-wing media have jumped on a new report published by a conservative think tank that claims the abortion drug mifepristone is harmful to women. Experts tell HuffPost that the study is junk science — but that’s not stopping abortion opponents from using it to lobby for more abortion pill restrictions.
This Trump Agenda Item Isn't In The News — But He's Still Quietly Chipping Away At It

2 weeks ago | huffpost.com | Alanna Vagianos

It’s hard to keep track of the damage President Donald Trump has done in his first 100 days in office, from unlawfully deporting migrants and some U.S. citizens and declaring a war on transgender children to dismantling federal agencies and imposing tariffs that cratered the stock market. But one dark fear has not yet been realized: an aggressive push to effectively outlaw abortion nationwide.
The Trump Administration Has Launched A War On Kids

1 month ago | huffpost.com | Lil Kalish |Nathalie Baptiste |Alanna Vagianos |Matt Shuham

President Donald Trump loves to boast about protecting America‚Äôs children. But when you strip away his party‚Äôs ‚Äúpro-life‚ÄĚ rhetoric and ignore the carefully crafted family photos of Elon Musk or JD Vance, you see an administration that has declared war on wide swaths of American children. During Trump‚Äôs speech to a joint session of Congress in February, the president introduced a boy named DJ Daniel, who was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2018.