Teen pregnancy prevention funding cut by Trump administration

The Trump administration is hoping a raft of pregnant teenagers spurs a U.S. baby boom, something that has become a creepy fever dream among conservatives.

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That’s the most logical interpretation of its decision, confirmed by the Department of Health and Human Services this week, to cancel grants for programs that fight teen pregnancy and, instead, prioritize programs that promote “healthy pregnancies.”

Making the news all the more disturbing is that it comes after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fretted on multiple occasions over today’s teens supposedly having low sperm counts.

Stateline recently reported on funding guidelines the administration issued for Title X grants that fund reproductive health measures and preventive care, including contraception, but not abortions.

According to Stateline: