Behind the Baby Bonuses: New Report Argues Pronatalism is Pro-Control, Not Pro-Baby

WASHINGTON – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a new report outlining the dangers of the pronatalist (“pro-baby”) movement and its increasing influence on the Trump administration’s agenda.

Read the report here: Baby Bonuses and Motherhood Medals: Why We Shouldn’t Trust the Pronatalist Movement

“Underneath shiny motherhood medals and promises of baby bonuses is a movement intent on elevating white supremacist ideology and forcing women out of the workplace,” saidEmily Martin, chief program officer of the National Women’s Law Center. “The pronatalist movement would have you believe it is pro-family, but a real pro-family agenda would include protecting reproductive health care, investing in child care as a public good, promoting workplace policies that enable parents to succeed, and ensuring that all children have the resources that they need to thrive not just at birth, but throughout their lives. The administration’s deep hostility toward these pro-family policies tells you all that you need to know about pronatalists’ true motives.”

What You Can Expect to Find in This Report:

  • Who Are the Pronatalists? — NWLC breaks down who the pronatalists are and their stated goals as a movement.
  • Racism, Eugenics, and the Pronatalist Movement — NWLC digs into how racism and eugenics play a large role in the ways that pronatalists discuss declining birth rates.
  • Trump’s Pronatalist Army — NWLC examines the pronatalists in Trump’s circle and how they’re impacting the president’s agenda.
  • Actions Speak Louder than Words — NWLC dissects the Trump administration’s pronatalist policy priorities, including in Project 2025 and the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
  • What a Real Pro-Family Agenda Looks Like — NWLC outlines an alternative vision for how lawmakers can meaningfully and comprehensively support women and families, rather than supporting the pronatalist movement.

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