Warren, Hirono, Schumer, Colleagues Blast Trump, RFK Jr. For Steering Pregnant Women to Misleading Anti-Abortion Website
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Home Newsroom Press Releases June 24, 2026 Warren, Hirono, Schumer, Colleagues Blast Trump, RFK Jr. For Steering Pregnant Women to Misleading Anti-Abortion Website The government website directs women to Option Line, a finder tool for unregulated, often nonmedical anti-abortion facilities that has exposed the sensitive data of pregnant women. “Moms.gov is not about promoting women’s health—it is an attempt to use HHS resources to further strip women of their rights and privacy.” Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), pressed President Donald Trump and Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the Trump Administration’s new website, Moms.gov, which directs pregnant women and their loved ones to unregulated and often nonmedical anti-abortion facilities known as crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs). “This raises profound concerns about the health, safety, and privacy of people who access this government website at a time when women’s health and reproductive rights face increasing attacks,” wrote the senators. On Mother’s Day, the Trump Administration launched Moms.gov as “a groundbreaking website for new and expecting mothers,” purporting to “offer[] guidance and information to support the health and well-being of mothers and their families.” Rather than connect people with licensed health care providers and evidence-based resources, a button reading “Find Pregnancy Centers Near You” steers them to an external site called Option Line, a CPC finder tool that collects data on pregnant women. CPCs receive at least tens of millions of dollars in federal funding and, though advertised as legitimate care providers, do not provide comprehensive reproductive care and are not bound by federal privacy protections, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which protects “sensitive health information from disclosure without patient's consent.” CPCs have been known to cause dangerous delays in medically necessary care, putting women’s health and lives at risk. In recent cases, CPCs in Massachusetts and Texas allegedly failed to identify life-threatening ectopic pregnancies, leading to emergency surgeries. These incidents are especially troubling in light of reports that a major CPC support organization advised affiliated centers to avoid providing ultrasounds that could reveal ectopic pregnancies or miscarriages, raising serious concerns about patient safety. The website also includes a direct link to Option Line, a collection tool operated by Heartbeat International, an anti-abortion organization with a history of data breaches. Option Lin
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