The “Pro-Family” Party’s War on US Mothers

When given the choice between funding prenatal care or financing tax breaks, Republicans chose tax breaks. When faced with evidence that these cuts will increase maternal mortality, they shrugged.

So here we are again. The government is about to shut down, and Democrats are demanding one thing: reverse the nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts that will strip healthcare from pregnant women and new mothers. How dare them support US pregnant women?

Republicans say no. Speaker Mike Johnson declares there’s “zero chance” of restoration. Senate Republica…