When he ran for office in 2016 and 2020, Donald Trump focused heavily on abortion, vowing to nominate Supreme Court justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade — which he did as president.
But this year, with Roe now overturned, the 2024 GOP presidential nominee and the Republican Party have a new health-related social issue: transgender care.
While the 2024 GOP platform makes minimal mention of abortion — and shies away from the suggestion of a national abortion ban, which it called for in 2016 — it prioritizes limited access for gender-affirming care, vowing to “ban Taxpayer funding for sex change surgeries, and stop Taxpayer-funded Schools from promoting gender transition.”