The Antiabortion Movement Is Turning on Trump

May 7, 2026

Unlabeled pill bottles in a pharmacy

(WSJ) – The ubiquity of abortion pills during the second Trump administration has frustrated antiabortion advocates

The antiabortion lobby expected to be more triumphant by now: A conservative Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Republicans control both chambers of Congress, and the self-styled “most pro-life president in history” again occupies the Oval Office.

But abortions are up in the years after the overturning of Roe, and the antiabortion lobby has a new locus for blame. “Trump is the problem. The president is the problem,” Marjorie Dannenfelser, the influential president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. (Read More)