How much of Project 2025 has actually been accomplished this year?

December 17, 2025

President Trump's administration has implemented approximately half of the 920-page Project 2025 blueprint, despite his campaign denials of any connection to the far-right agenda. The conservative plan seeks to reshape federal government by eliminating diversity and equity programs, restricting reproductive rights, rolling back LGBTQ+ protections, and expanding presidential power across government branches. Key Project 2025 architects now hold influential positions, including Russell Vought heading the Office of Management and Budget and Brendan Carr leading the Federal Communications Commission.

Who is affected

Women seeking abortion and reproductive health care
LGBTQ+ individuals, particularly transgender people seeking gender-affirming care
Transgender and gay students in educational institutions
LGBTQ+ couples seeking adoption or foster care services
LGBTQ+ military service members
Federal workers who are LGBTQ+ or seeking reproductive health benefits
Children in foster care systems
Patients at clinics providing gender-affirming care (clinics closing nationwide)
CDC Division for Reproductive Health staff (most positions cut)
School districts and states receiving federal education funding
Religious organizations involved in child welfare services

What action is being taken

The CDC is collecting data on people who have abortions and withholding its annual state-level abortion report (originally due November 2025, now expected first quarter 2026)
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reviewing mifepristone's approval and telehealth access
Federal health agencies are purging website data referencing LGBTQ+ people (though a federal judge has ordered reinstatement)
The administration is cutting federal funds for gender-affirming care through benefit losses for federal workers and pressure on hospitals
Clinics providing gender-affirming care are closing across the country
The White House is urging federal agencies to rescind Biden-era LGBTQ+ rights policies
The federal government is investigating Title IX abuses using a new interpretation that excludes transgender and gay students
The administration is taking steps to exclude trans Americans from public life
The Department of Education is being weakened through funding cuts, policy rollbacks, and staff reductions
The military under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is reducing health care access for women and LGBTQ+ service members

Why it matters

This represents a fundamental transformation of federal government policy affecting civil rights protections for millions of Americans. The implementation of Project 2025 priorities signals a shift toward Christian-nationalist governance and narrower interpretations of gender, sexuality, and race in federal policy. The changes expand presidential power across all government branches while dismantling equity initiatives and nondiscrimination protections established under previous administrations. The personnel appointments of Project 2025 architects to key positions ensures continued implementation of this agenda, with the Office of Management and Budget serving as a "nerve center" for exerting influence throughout federal agencies. These policy changes have immediate practical consequences, including clinic closures, loss of health care access, reduced civil rights protections, and potential increases in discrimination against women and LGBTQ+ individuals in areas ranging from education to military service to family formation.

What's next

The CDC's annual state-level abortion report is expected in the first quarter of 2026
A federal judge's order requires agencies to reinstate LGBTQ+-related webpages that were purged
The Food and Drug Administration may potentially reverse its 2000 approval of mifepristone
The Department of Justice could potentially enforce the 1873 Comstock Act to prohibit mailing of abortion medications
Policy changes may result in trans people losing insurance coverage or facing higher out-of-pocket costs next year
The recent executive order on child welfare services is expected to affect 29 states and Washington, D.C. that prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ+ potential foster parents

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