DNC: Trump's Presidency Is a Threat to Women

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release:

Kellyanne Conway said Trump empowers women, but Trump is fighting to end the entire ACA, which would bring a return to the days when insurers could charge women more and did not have to cover maternity care. Trump issued a regulation allowing employers to opt out of a requirement to offer no-cost contraception coverage under the ACA, and he has repeatedly sought to limit access to abortion and rescinded Obama-era campus sexual assault guidelines.

Trump has blocked or taken action to block women's access to health care through legislation, regulations, judicial appointments, and legal action.

* Trump is fighting to overturn the Affordable Care Act, which could allow insurers to charge women more and not cover maternity care.

* Trump slashed funding for family planning programs and imposed a rule aimed at stripping federal funding from health care providers that provide abortion services or referrals.

* Trump issued a regulation allowing employers to refuse to provide no-cost contraception coverage as previously required under the Affordable Care Act.

* After promising to "automatically" overturn Roe v. Wade, Trump has packed the Supreme Court and circuit courts with extremist opponents of abortion rights.

* Trump tried to limit access to reproductive health care by supporting legislation that would institute a restrictive 20-week abortion ban and block insurance plans that cover abortions.

Trump revoked protections against sexual harassment, sexual assault, and discrimination at work and school.

* During the 2016 campaign, Trump said women would make the same as men if they "do as good a job."

* Trump revoked protections against workplace sexual harassment, sexual assault, discrimination, and pay disparities.

* Trump's administration rescinded Obama-era campus sexual assault guidelines, which required colleges to take allegations more seriously and hold perpetrators accountable, and narrowed the definition of sexual harassment.

Trump has failed to reduce the cost of childcare and made little progress on paid family leave.

* Trump has defended employers who pay mothers less than men and called pregnancy an "inconvenience" for employers, so it's not surprising he has failed to follow through on his promise to "solve" childcare.

* Trump's tax scam reduced the value of the childcare credit for many low- and moderate-income families even as it gave huge tax cuts to big corporations and the wealthiest 1%.

* In the midst of a pandemic in which women are disproportionately losing their jobs, Trump scaled back paid leave requirements, affecting 75% of workers.