Trump has turned Title X upside down: from a contraception program into a pronatalist machine

The Trump administration, dominated by religious anti-abortion conservatives and reeling in money from a new wave of pronatalist tech reactionaries, has long been considering ways to persuade, pressure and cajole women into having more babies. The Dobbs decision overturning Roe v Wade in 2022, in which Donald Trump's three first-term supreme court appointees cast decisive votes, was a first step; later, after he returned to office, Trump reportedly fielded proposals for $5,000 "baby bonuses" – not quite enough to raise a child, one notices – and "motherhood medals" for fertile women that are similar to awards dispensed by the Nazi regime.