The Hill reported that searching for “abortion”, on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, now prompts for “adoption”.
This change is ostensibly one of several that were made when the CDC site went offline a little over a week ago. Last week, the CDC removed all references to gender, transgender, diversity, equity, and inclusion in its public health material. This was done to comply with executive orders from President Donald Trump.
According to The Hill, clicking on “Also Try: Adoption” on the CDC site will bring up a page of search results with a variety of CDC articles and links to families who are considering international adoption.
“It’s a very strange thing to do because the decision tree around pregnancy is to either continue the pregnancy or not. If the pregnancy is continued, then the decision becomes parenting or not,” Meghan Eagen-Torkko, director of the school of nursing at Eastern Michigan University, told The Hill. “There’s no point in that when abortion and adoption are on the same branch.”
Among the pages that were removed last week from the CDC website, there were HIV testing guidelines and recommendations for HIV medication as well as resources for LGBTQ+ youth.
The CDC’s vaccine advisory page was also taken down Friday, and when it returned Saturday, references to the mpox vaccine were missing.
In a press release, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services said, “All of the changes made to HHS’ website and HHS Division websites comply with President Trump’s Executive Orders of January 20.”
