As Abortion Bans Drive Up Maternal, Infant Mortality, Trump Admin. Shutters Key CDC Program

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As Abortion Bans Drive Up Maternal, Infant Mortality, Trump Admin. Shutters Key CDC Program

This week, we learned the latest casualty in the Trump administration’s war on government programs that allegedly promote “DEI” is the CDC’s Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS). The federal data collection and research program has existed since 1988 and studies infant and maternal health data in order to help improve outcomes. Not even the first Trump administration disrupted its vital work. Talking Points Memo first reported on …