Overview
- The White House, which launched moms.gov with an Oval Office executive order Monday, used the event to spotlight falling U.S. birth rates.
- Dr. Mehmet Oz said one in three Americans are “under-babied,” which he defined as having no children or fewer than they want.
- Oz said the fertility rate is dropping below 1.5 compared with a 2.1 replacement level and said rural maternal deaths run about 30% higher than in cities.
- Mediaite reported that Oz praised Trump for “saving Medicaid” while touting $50 billion for rural health, and noted that figure equals about 37% of the Medicaid cuts expected over ten years.
- Coverage and social posts fixated on the novel term, which outlets said has little prior use beyond Oz and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who also spoke at the event about sperm counts.