Update on the post-Dobbs Republican pivot to maternal care
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Well, you can’t say that Elon’s attitude toward the welfare of children isn’t consistent:
The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is a federal data collection system, run out of CDC, “designed to identify groups of women and infants at high risk for health problems, to monitor changes in health status, and to measure progress towards goals in improving the health of mothers and infants,” in the words of the program’s website. It has run continuously since 1988 and covers everything for the particulars of newborn health and morbidity to issues like postpartum depression in mothers. I can report that the Trump CDC has shuttered the program as part of its general clampdown on medical research and public health information.
A couple researchers have posted on what I’m now reporting about social media. But to the best of my knowledge we’re the first news organization to confirm the news independently. I was able to confirm what CDC personnel who work on the PRAMS program told two separate sources outside the government, the first at a state level public health and data collection program and a second at an academic research institution which makes extensive use of PRAMS data.
According to these sources the entire program has been shuttered. This apparently happened soon after President Trump’s inauguration, with no additional data being accepted after January 31st. But there was no official announcement, even to other research institutions who collaborate on the project. So word only seeped out slowly after people realized that what seemed like it might be a temporary stoppage in the data wasn’t simply a technical problem.
Next you’re going to tell me that JD Vance isn’t actually pro-labor!