"In the early days of President Donald Trump's second term, Trump has worked to crack the code on America's fertility drop and reverse falling birthdates. Describing himself as the " fertilization president," the pronatalist Trump has reportedly floated everything from doling out $5,000 checks to mothers after delivery, to doling out a "National Medal of Motherhood" to mothers with at least six children, to lowering the cost of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) drugs."
"A new study led by Stanford University economists, including remote work expert Nick Bloom, found that from 2023 to early 2025, realized fertility (the number of children one has in a given period) was 14% higher when both partners worked from home one or more days per week compared to when neither did. The study used data from the Global Survey of Working Arrangements and U.S. Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes,"
Proposals to raise births include $5,000 postpartum checks, a "National Medal of Motherhood" for mothers with six or more children, and reduced IVF drug costs. Data from 2023–early 2025 show realized fertility was 14% higher when both partners worked from home at least one day per week compared with when neither worked from home. The analysis used global and U.S. working-arrangements surveys covering more than 11,000 respondents aged 20–45 across 38 countries. U.S. fertility fell below 1.6 children per woman in 2024. Later marriages and economic and financial uncertainty contributed to the decline. Projections indicate deaths may outnumber births by 2030, leaving immigration as the main population-growth source.
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