After President Trump Took Office, ReproductiveRights.gov Went Dark—So theSkimm Founders Brought It Back to Life

"Women will save this damn country."

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On Wednesday, following the disappearance of federal resource reproductiverights.gov—a move that occurred on the same day President Donald Trump assumed office—founders and co-CEOs of theSkimm Danielle Weisberg and Carly Zakin republished the now-offline site on theSkimm's website.

"Whether [the disappearance] is temporary or permanent, we don't know," explained Weisberg in a video shared to Instagram.

Zakin noted that the former federal resource, launched in 2022 by the former administration's Health and Human Services, had been critical for those looking to learn about their rights "post-Roe v. Wade being overturned."

The page included information on accessing reproductive health care without insurance, how to file civil rights complaints, and more. It noted, "While Roe v. Wade was overturned, abortion remains legal in many states, and other reproductive health care services remain protected by law."

Following its disappearance, "theSkimm has taken over reproductiverightsdotgov.com," Weisberg confirmed in the video. She explained that the domain will redirect readers to a reproduced version of the federal resource, hosted by theSkimm. "That is a way to keep directing women towards the resources they need and should have access to."

In a statement to Axois, the Health and Human Services Administration did not directly address the offline resource—but noted it has "paused external communications and public appearances" as the new administration rolls out new processes.

"Women will save this damn country," wrote one commenter on theSkimm's Instagram announcement. Another wrote: "Information and knowledge is power and the more we can grow that, the better we will become."

Jenny Hollander
Jenny Hollander
Digital Director

Jenny is the Digital Director at Marie Claire. A graduate of Leeds University, and a native of London, she moved to New York in 2012 to attend the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She was the first intern at Bustle when it launched in 2013 and spent five years building out its news and politics department. In 2018 she joined Marie Claire, where she held the roles of Deputy Digital Editor and Director of Content Strategy before becoming Digital Director. Working closely with Marie Claire's exceptional editorial, audience, commercial, and e-commerce teams, Jenny oversees the brand's digital arm, with an emphasis on driving readership. When she isn't editing or knee-deep in Google Analytics, you can find Jenny writing about television, celebrities, her lifelong hate of umbrellas, or (most likely) her dog, Captain. In her spare time, she writes fiction: her first novel, the thriller EVERYONE WHO CAN FORGIVE ME IS DEAD, was published with Minotaur Books (UK) and Little, Brown (US) in February 2024 and became a USA Today bestseller. She has also written extensively about developmental coordination disorder, or dyspraxia, which she was diagnosed with when she was nine.

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