The Trump administration hopes women have more babies
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– Baby boom. The Trump administration is looking for ideas on how to seduce Americans to have more children, according to reports. New York Timeshas reportedly some of the proposals floating around to combat what is seen as a crisis of declining birthrates in the United States.
The Generation of Ideas is the clearest example of the embrace of the Trump administration “a new cultural agenda promoted by many allies of the right to reverse the value of a conservative family.” The era Report.
Certainly, Trump, who described himself as a “fertilized president,” is surrounded by people like tech billionaire Elon Musk and Vice President JD Vance. Pronatalist. Project 2025, Trump’s second term’s ultra-conservative blueprint calls for the promotion of heterosexual marriage and restrictions on reproductive rights and health care.
Critics quickly pointed out that structural changes (affordable housing and childcare) that allow families to help them in the long term in the long term are not one of the ideas listed in the story. And when Average self-paying costs Total of $2,854 for those with insurance during part-time childcare to give birth in the US Low-end costs $6,000 a yearNo baby bonuses are that far.
“Suggestions like ‘baby bonuses’ and ‘menstrual cycle classes’ not only miss the points, they leave millions of women unprecedented,” says Erin Erenberg, CEO and co-founder of Mothers Chamber, a nonpartisan 501C3 organization defending mothers and parental rights. “Most women we hear aren’t pushing motherhood out. Surprisingly, they can’t afford it. It’s not a cultural crisis. It’s a policy failure.”
Countries in Asia and Europe are also struggling with declining birth rates. Many people have tried similar incentives. South Korea, which has the lowest birth rate in the world, has introduced a baby bonus, similar to Singapore. The generous interests of the government have so far not been sufficient in South Korea, at least. The birth rate in 2024 was 0.75which has increased slightly from the previous year.
Back in the US, critics point to other moves made by the Trump administration, which appears to believe that desire for a “baby boom” is being stated. It recently made a massive cut to the Department of Health and Human Services department. Reproductive Health Divisiondealing with issues related to mother and infant health. Republicans also opposed the extension of the expanded child tax credits that would help significantly reduce child poverty under President Joe Biden. The Trump administration’s aggressive immigration and deportation strategy counters the goal of increasing the population. And in many red states, there are abortion prevention laws. Affectively hurt women and mothers Who’s having a miscarriage?. Overall maternal mortality rate in the United States It’s almost doubled Between 2014 and 2021.
“Parents don’t need to be incentived, they need to be supported at every stage,” Ellenberg says. “If we want a country that thrives, we start by making sure that the mother is healthy, supported and whole.”
Needless to say, a Maternal Medal It doesn’t achieve that.
Alicia Adamchik
Alicia.Adamczyk@Fortune.com
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