A new report released Thursday details how American anti-choice activists have used their “insidious power” to chip away at reproductive rights, infiltrate the Trump administration, and advance “their fringe agenda” nationwide.

“Their influence is outsized relative to the popularity of their fringe agenda thanks to their highly coordinated, well-funded, under the radar work.”
—Ilyse Hogue, NARAL

The Insidious Power of the Anti-Choice Movement (pdf), published by NARAL Pro-Choice America, outlines how “the anti-choice movement has spent decades building the political infrastructure they need to attack abortion access from all sides.”

The report shows how those opposed to a woman’s right to choose have used judicial and political influence, fake health centers, protesters, and misinformation to impact policies and politics.

Currently, it warns, “anti-choice activists sit in influential roles across the Trump administration, have unprecedented influence over judicial nominations, and are introducing the most extreme anti-choice legislation ever seen in Congress.”

Acknowledging that the report is the first of its kind, NARAL Pro-Choice America president Ilyse Hogue explained that it “documents the inner workings of the anti-choice movement in a way that far exceeds what people currently understand about its agenda,” which “is critical to understanding how the movement’s insidious and out of step agenda is becoming reality.”