Here’s How Trump Could Still Ban Abortion Pills Nationwide

Despite the Supreme Court unanimously rejecting an attack on abortion pills this week, pro-choice advocates are cautioning against calling the decision a win — and for good reason.

The ruling rejected the anti-abortion plaintiffs on standing, not on the merits of the case, which simply maintains the status quo of abortion access in the U.S. The decision does not offer additional protections to mifepristone, the abortion drug at the center of the case, and the door is wide open for continued attacks.

There are a few ways Donald Trump could circumvent the courts and Congress to ban mifepristone across the country if he wins the presidency in November. Trump’s anti-abortion allies have outlined the presumptive GOP presidential nominee’s second-term agenda in Project 2025 , a wish list of extreme policy proposals that would reshape the federal government. There are at least three ways Trump can use executive action to ban abortion nationwide, including in states where abortion care is currently protected.

“He has a literal blueprint to expand the chaos and cruelty he’s already created nationwide, even in states where abortion is currently legal,” Julie Chavez Rodriguez, the Biden-Harris campaign manager, told reporters in a call on Thursday.

“Donald Trump’s anti-reproductive freedom agenda is not just a threat to red states,” she continued. “Trump’s second-term agenda threatens women in all 50 states, and it’s extremely dangerous for women’s health care and our families.”

As president, Trump could replace the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and direct them to revoke the agency’s approval of mifepristone. Mifepristone is prescribed as part of a two-drug regimen alongside misoprostol for abortion and