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$5,000 'baby bonus': Trump admin works to convince American women to have more children as birthrates decline

April 21, 2025
$5,000 'baby bonus': Trump admin works to convince American women to have more children as birthrates decline

The Trump administration is weighing a series of cultural and economic measures aimed at reversing the country’s declining birthrates, according to a New York Times report.

In recent weeks, White House officials have quietly met with policy advocates and conservative thinkers to solicit ideas on how to incentivize marriage and childbirth, signaling a shift toward a more explicitly pronatalist agenda that reflects the views of some of President Trump’s closest allies.

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