EPISODE 85 · October 17, 2026
Project 2025 Episode 4: The Handmaid’s Tale Is Fiction. This Plan Is Real.
Project 2025 — Episode 4: Women's Healthcare, Privacy, and Reproductive Rights Government surveillance. Reproductive control. Tracking women across state lines. Sound like The Handmaid's Tale? This isn't fiction. It's Project 2025. In Episode 4 of our investigation, Fiercely Independent examines Project 2025's proposals for women's healthcare, reproductive freedom, privacy, and even the government's definition of family. We investigate: Government surveillance: Proposed federal reporting requirements for abortions, miscarriages, stillbirths, and patients' states of residence. Tracking women across state lines: How automated license plate readers were used by Texas authorities in a 2025 abortion-related investigation. Abortion medication: Proposals to revoke FDA approval of mifepristone and restrict the mailing of certain medications. Contraception restrictions: Proposed changes affecting insurance coverage for Ella and condoms. Planned Parenthood: The consequences of eliminating funding for clinics that also provide cancer screenings, contraception, and routine medical care. Marriage and family: Project 2025's definition of the ideal family and the questions it raises about same-sex marriage. For decades, conservatives have championed states' rights and limited government. So why does Project 2025 advocate using federal authority to influence reproductive healthcare decisions across the country? The Handmaid's Tale is fiction. Project 2025 is a real policy agenda. How much control over our health, our families, and our private lives are we willing to give the government before it's gone too far? Subscribe to Fiercely Independent and follow our continuing investigation into Project 2025. Stay Fierce. Stay Independent.
