White House proposes giving out $5,000 checks to address falling birthrates amid growing ‘pronatalist’ movement

White House proposes giving out $5,000 checks to address falling birthrates amid growing ‘pronatalist’ movement

One of Donald Trump’s priorities for his second term is getting Americans to have more babies – and the White House has a new proposal to encourage them to do so: a $5,000 “baby bonus”.

The plan to give cash payments to mothers after delivery shows the growing influence of the “pronatalist” movement in the US, which, citing falling US birthrates, calls for “traditional” family values and for women – particularly white women – to have more children.

But experts say $5,000 checks won’t lead to a baby boom. Between unaffordable health care, soaring housing costs, inaccessible childcare and a lack of federal parental leave mandates, Americans face a swath of expensive hurdles that disincentivize them from having large families – or families at all – and that will require a much larger government investment to overcome.

  • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    15 hours ago

    not in the slightest. births can be up to 20k, plus if you want to have a healthy birth and healthy mom, all the prenatal stuff too. woman are also likely to have morbidities while pregnant, and can die. i the us has a high maternity mortality than other western countries.

    when your pregnants, your body goes out whack, gestational diabetes, hbp, autoimmune diseases.

    • BlackSheep@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      15 hours ago

      I hear you. I’m in Canada, and my daughter-in-law’s first pregnancy was challenging. Marginal umbilical cord insertion. Thankfully, we have universal health care. She had constant observation, and baby was induced a bit early due to the condition. Beautiful, healthy little girl. Thank you, Canadian health care! Bill: $0.00. So, for you traitorous bastards in Alberta, good luck with your health care bills in the US

      • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        15 hours ago

        our private healthcare was is so cumbersome and unnessary, it only exists because everyones been propagandized to think its better than a State subsidized healthcare system.

        funny thing is conservatives are heavily dependent on our MEDI-CAID/care system, they will have a rude awakening once most of them will have to fork hundreds for highblood pressure meds, avrostatin for cholesterol, and insulin which can be hundreds per vial(if trump repeals biden isulin ruling).