Abortion, Health Workforce Top 2025 State Legislative Priorities

State lawmakers and interest groups are readying legislation on reproductive health access, prescription drug affordability, and more amid uncertainty on the incoming Trump administration’s approach to issues ranging from abortion to insurance coverage for low-income individuals.

President-elect Donald Trump’s administration is expected to withdraw Biden-era federal policies protecting abortion care in emergencies and health data privacy, leaving groups across the political spectrum to turn to states to shape what abortion and contraceptive access look like in 2025 and beyond.

Other policy areas that gained momentum in legislatures in 2024 are also ripe for a comeback in the new year, including ...