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Trump Administration Decimates Maternal and Child Health Programs

April 5, 2025

Trump Administration Decimates Maternal and Child Health Programs

What: HHS Secretary Kennedy and Elon Musk cut deeply into maternal and child health programs, dissolving divisions like the CDC’s reproductive health team and forcing out key leadership at NIH.

Key Line: “‘It certainly appears there was a particular focus on parts of HHS that dealt with women’s or reproductive health,’ said Sean Tipton… ‘How in the world you can justify the CDC eliminating the division of maternal mortality is beyond me.’”

Source: The Guardian

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