Some #Trump admin leaders have already begun enacting policies that promote larger #families. Most notably, Transportation Secy Sean Duffy—who is a father of 9 & has 10 siblings—published a memo early this year pledging to prioritize #funding in areas w/higher than average birth & marriage rates. Several analysts within the dept say the policy could result in less money for large, urban transit, & more for highways & car-share services in rural areas [white suburbs].
#MaleSupremacy #law #freedom

“Pronatalism strictly speaks to having more babies,” said Emma Waters, a policy analyst at the #HeritageFoundation, the #conservative think tank that led #Project2025. Waters, who says she is concerned about the birthrate but does not identify as a pronatalist, added: “Our ultimate goal is not just more babies but more families formed.”

#Trump, #JDVance & #Musk have cultivated the movement by publicly highlighting issues related to #family policy & “pronatalism” — both in the lead up to the election, & since Trump took office. Speaking to a crowd in January at the March for Life, an anti-abortion rally, Vance said he wanted “more babies in the United States of America” & more “beautiful young men & women” to raise them.

Last month, Trump pledged to be “the fertilization president.”

Much of the movement is built around *promoting* [dictating] a very specific idea of what constitutes a #family — one that includes #marriage between a #man & a #woman, & leaves out many #families that don’t conform to traditional #gender roles or family structures. In contrast to the intense emphasis on cost cutting so far during #Trump’s second term, this focus on families could result in spending more money to back a *new* set of priorities.

“I just think this administration is inherently *pronatalist*,” said the activist Simone Collins, referring to the movement to reverse declining birthrates.

Collins, along w/her husband, Malcolm Collins, sent the #Trump admin several draft #ExecutiveOrders, including one that would bestow a “National Medal of Motherhood” to mothers with six or more children. [ummm what???]

Admin ofcls have not indicated what ideas…they might ultimately embrace. But advocates expressed confidence that *fertility issues* will become a prominent piece of the agenda, noting that #Trump has called for a “baby boom” & pointing to the symbolic power of seeing #JDVance & other top ofcls attend public events w/their #children.