{"id":166174,"date":"2026-10-27T07:03:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T15:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/10\/27\/how-experts-are-reacting-to-trumps-womens-health-executive-order\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T07:03:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T15:03:29","slug":"how-experts-are-reacting-to-trumps-womens-health-executive-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/10\/27\/how-experts-are-reacting-to-trumps-womens-health-executive-order\/","title":{"rendered":"How Experts Are Reacting To Trump\u2019s Women\u2019s Health Executive Order"},"content":{"rendered":"

The post How Experts Are Reacting To Trump\u2019s Women\u2019s Health Executive Order<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last week, the Trump administration announced<\/a> an executive order focused on women\u2019s health, leading to mixed reactions from women\u2019s health experts.<\/p>\n

The executive order will establish a new Women\u2019s Health Division within the National Institutes of Health, which seeks to expand research, accelerate medical breakthroughs and improve women\u2019s health outcomes, according to the announcement. The division will focus on a variety of conditions, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, autoimmune conditions, chronic pain, endometriosis, fibroids, polyendocrine metabolic ovary syndrome (PMOS), infertility, maternal health, menopause, Alzheimer\u2019s disease and osteoporosis.<\/p>\n

The order also establishes a White House Women\u2019s Health Task Force, which will be co-chaired by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. The task force will \u201ccoordinate federal efforts to improve women\u2019s health from infancy and adolescence through the reproductive years, midlife, menopause, and healthy aging,\u201d according to the announcement.<\/p>\n

One healthcare expert is skeptical about the women\u2019s health executive order, noting that it\u2019s coming during midterms.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s election season, and he has some of the lowest acceptance rates right now as part of this administration. And women\u2019s health is a sexy topic across all different specialties and fields right now, and industries. And I think it\u2019s a ploy to try and get voters to vote for them,\u201d said Nada Hanafi, founder and manager of MedTech Strategy Advisors and co-founder of Women\u2019s Health Advocates.<\/p>\n

She argued that the administration has already taken several steps to undermine women\u2019s health, including supporting the overturn of Roe v. Wade.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring this administration\u2019s tenure, in an extremely short period of time, they\u2019ve managed to wipe out major public health initiatives,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s just been a cascade of harms that are targeting vulnerable populations, including women. I mean, they take credit for overturning Roe v. Wade [which is a] basic human right, basic female right.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hanafi did note, however, that a positive of this executive order is that it names a variety of conditions that impact women, including cancer, mental health and endometriosis.<\/p>\n

The National Women\u2019s Law Center echoed Hanafi\u2019s concerns about the executive order, arguing that it comes as the administration\u2019s actions are causing women to lose access to necessary healthcare services.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the One Big Beautiful Bill Act\u2019s cuts to Medicaid and the defunding of Planned Parenthood, to gutting<\/a> the federal Offices of Minority Health and slashing funding<\/a> for women\u2019s health research, this administration has made it clear that it doesn\u2019t actually care about women\u2019s health care needs, despite what this weak executive order attempts to convey. This is an attempt to change the headlines, not women\u2019s lives,\u201d said Dorianne Mason, senior director of health equity and contraceptive access at NWLC, in a statement.<\/p>\n

Another women\u2019s health expert had a less skeptical view of the executive order.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always exciting when the government steps forward and prioritizes women\u2019s health. We love that. I was excited to see the emphasis on the holistic view of women\u2019s health, head to toe, over the lifespan. \u2026 I think that we just have to see how this is actually implemented,\u201d said Liz Powell, founder and president of G2G Consulting and founder of Women\u2019s Health Advocates.<\/p>\n

Powell also applauded that the task force includes several different departments, including HHS, the Department of War, the CDC, NIH, VA, Education and Labor.<\/p>\n

What experts want out of the executive order\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Powell said that she would like to see this executive order focus on more research dollars in the women\u2019s health space, as well as ensuring that FDA approval systems are streamlined. In addition, she\u2019d like to see advancements in the reimbursement of women\u2019s health.<\/p>\n

Hanafi added that she would have preferred if the White House built on the Biden administration\u2019s initiative<\/a> on women\u2019s health research, which the Trump administration rescinded.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think in healthcare, you\u2019re in it for service, and in this world we have to learn to work together and work across the aisles, like truly be bipartisan. \u2026 It would have been nice to say we\u2019re going to build on those efforts and augment and fill in any gaps there. But you didn\u2019t, so you\u2019re having to start from scratch and recreate the wheel, and it\u2019s a wheel that\u2019s not equitable or driven with an equitable lens,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Hanafi also said she would like to see a clear budget for the effort. She noted that the Biden administration committed more than $100 million through ARPA-H for women\u2019s health research and also asked Congress for $12 billion in funding.<\/p>\n

Powell also emphasized the importance of building off previous administrations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should be building, getting better, stronger, more accurate. Better science, better outcomes is what we ideally want,\u201d she said. \u201cI do hope that happens with this, and that whoever\u2019s in office, they see this is not a partisan issue. All of our healthcare is better when it\u2019s more accurate and more precise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photo: asnidamarwani, Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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