In January 2025, as U.S. President Donald Trump took office, many people online noticed one particular government website was no longer available. The site, reproductiverights.gov, which was operational during the previous administration, was apparently offline according to numerous posts online and questions sent to us by Snopes readers.

The affiliate said the influx of patients traveling to the state post-Dobbs and more patients needing financial assistance contributed to the decision.

Several states, including Massachusetts, began stockpiling the drug after a federal court ruling in Texas blocked the FDA’s approval of mifepristone in April 2023. Last June, the Supreme Court dismissed that case based on legal standing, preserving access for now.

Gov. Phil Murphy (D) said his state will begin stockpiling mifepristone “in light of the anti-choice policies supported by” Republican majorities in Congress.

New Jersey already has some of the strongest abortion rights in the United States, but advocates, healthcare providers, and even Gov. Phil Murphy himself are calling for reinforcements ahead of the next presidency.

Reproductive rights activists are focused on how to maintain and expand access to abortion and birth control but also maternal and prenatal care. All has been affected in states with abortion bans, but with Trump back in the White House they now fear people in states with liberal abortion policies could soon be impacted.

The site was launched in 2022 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as part of a public awareness campaign.

An incoming new president and state legislative sessions ramping up are likely to bring more changes to abortion policy across the U.S., which is still settling after the seismic shift in 2022 when the U.

As U.S. President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, the government website reproductiverights.gov went offline.

A government website that provided information on reproductive rights appears to have gone offline around the same time Donald Trump returned to office. Newsweek has contacted the Trump-Vance transition team and the Department of Health and Human Services for comment via email.

On the evening of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the U.S. government’s reproductive health website, reproductiverights.gov, suddenly went offline, sparking confusion and concern.