Katrina Vanden Heuvel

This Mother’s Day, lets talk about why birth rates are really declining | Katrina vanden Heuvel

It’s one thing to incentivize giving birth. Americans deserve leaders who will fight for those kids after they’re born

Mother’s Day is almost here, and while Donald Trump may seem an unlikely celebrant of the occasion, his administration has recently floated several proposals to incentivize motherhood – or, more accurately, giving birth. There’s the $5,000 “baby bonus” for every American mother, free classes educating women on their menstrual cycles and a National Medal of Motherhood for moms who have at least six children. (Want to guess which regime also awarded such a medal?)