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What’s Behind the Trump Administration’s Push for More Children?

2025/5/12
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Carter Sherman: 我认为，在美国政治语境下，生育主义指的是认为生育对社会有益，国家应鼓励生育，特别是考虑到美国出生率下降。传统上，生育主义是右翼意识形态，现在正被右翼人士推进，并且是传统家庭价值观保守派和新兴科技右派之间的意识形态桥梁。有人担心生育主义者是否真的希望所有人都生育，或者他们只是希望某些特定人群（如白人、已婚人士）生育。担心生育率下降背后，隐藏着将美国变成一个更白人、更直人、更已婚和更传统的国家的动机。 Faith Hill: 特朗普政府正在考虑的提高生育率的政策包括：为每位新妈妈提供5000美元的生育奖金，提供关于月经周期的教育，以帮助女性了解何时排卵。特朗普政府还在考虑给已婚或有孩子的夫妇提供一部分富布赖特奖学金，甚至为有六个或更多孩子的母亲颁发国家母亲勋章。“Project 25”明确鼓励已婚、有亲生子女的传统家庭生育，但这已不再是美国多数家庭的模式。如果目标真的是提高生育率，政府可以向那些渴望生育但需要更多支持或更多试管婴儿机会的人伸出援手。这些政策不太可能针对单亲父母，而美国的单亲父母数量一直在上升。

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The Trump White House is exploring ways to get Americans to have more children, including government funded menstrual cycle classes and a $5000 “baby bonus.” Reproductive health journalist Carter Sherman calls pronatalism “a key ideological plank in the bridge between tech bro rightwingers like [Elon] Musk and more traditional, religious conservatives.” We look at the rise of the U.S. pronatalist movement and what it means in practice for women and families.

Guests:

**Faith Hill, **staff writer, The Atlantic

**Carter Sherman, **reproductive health and justice reporter, The Guardian; author of the upcoming book “The Second Coming: Sex and the Next Generation’s Fight Over Its Future”

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