1/6
@grace_panetta
White House aides have fielded proposals to increase birth rates in the US including...
1) reserving a % of Fulbright scholarships for applicants who are married/have kids
2) $5k "baby bonuses" for new moms
3) gov't funding for menstrual cycle education classes
via @CAKitchener
2/6
@grace_panetta
Pronatalist activists Simone and Malcom Collins have "sent the White House several draft executive orders, including one that would bestow a 'National Medal of Motherhood' to mothers with six or more children"
Trump Aides Solicit Ideas to Raise Birthrate, From Baby Bonuses to Fertility Planning
3/6
@grace_panetta
As has been pointed out many times, "highly educated couples" are not the ones driving falling birth rates
4/6
@grace_panetta
is this not just the existing child tax credit but with a marriage requirement?
5/6
@grace_panetta
meanwhile, the teams working on and researching infertility & maternal mortality at CDC are getting slashed
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/04/19/cdc-cuts-maternal-mortality-fertility/
6/6
@Lorlordylor
That’s unfortunate but national fertility rate and maternal mortality are highly correlated, so the snarky “meanwhile,” like this is counterproductive to natalism, is incorrect.
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