With Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” Congress Traded Your Pap Smear for a Billionaire’s Tax Break

Kierra B. Jones writes in Teen Vogue about the effect of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on access to reproductive health care.

Building an Economy for All, Reconciliation, Women’s Health and Rights

Imagine being told you can’t see your doctor anymore because politicians decided that women’s health care was “immaterial.” That’s the reality millions of people across the country will be facing now that Congressional Republicans have narrowly succeeded in passing their budget reconciliation legislation.

Moments before the Fourth of July weekend, President Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” into law — a radical, sweeping budget bill that will make historic cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and drastically change the Affordable Care Act marketplaces. The final legislation is ultimately expected to contribute to kicking roughly 16 million Americans off their health insurance and to push cash-strapped hospitals, especially in rural communities, out of business.

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