The current Trump administration has previously said it’s focused on promoting a “pro-family” agenda. Trump has said that he wants to be the “fertilization president.” Yet infant mortality remains high compared to other wealthy nations, despite more than 80 percent of pregnancy-related deaths being preventable.
We can cut this death rate with early and consistent prenatal care, research has shown. Still, a new report published by the CDC shows that the U.S. is not trending in a positive direction to do so. After years of progress, fewer pregnant Americans are getting prenatal care in the first weeks of pregnancy — or getting access to care at all. The data highlights a bigger story in America: that timely reproductive care is getting harder to access, despite the current administration stating that it wants Americans to have “more babies.”
