Trump Announces New Fertility Benefit Option for Employers, Launches Moms.gov Site and Childcare Program Changes

President Donald Trump announced a new Department of Labor rule to create a fertility benefit option for employers that can be offered to employees outside of their normal health insurance plan. Trump made the announcements on Monday in the Oval Office, one day after Mother’s Day.

Flanked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz, and Sen. gov for new and expectant parents that directs them to crisis pregnancy centers without abortion services. The White House has consolidated resources for mothers on the site.

He additionally announced groundbreaking childcare reforms to improve federal programs such as Head Start and the Childcare Development Fund. Trump stated he first heard about fertility through Sen. Katie Britt.

And I’m a quick study. So I learned everything there is to learn in about three, four minutes, and I became the father of fertility,” he said. The announcements came after Trump met with Marjorie Dannenfelser last Friday.

SBA Pro-Life America criticized Trump’s handling of the abortion drug mifepristone, arguing the administration has not aggressively fought efforts to restrict the pill as it continues to be shipped across state lines. The group demanded Trump fire FDA Commissioner Marty Makary after he told the Wall Street Journal he was indifferent to additional mifepristone restrictions.

” On the same day, the Supreme Court announced it was pausing a lower court’s decision in Louisiana v.