Law The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) program, run by the (CDC), was suspended in early 2025

[Loiosh]

These are current pages on the CDC site.

The CDC program that collects data on maternal and infant health was halted in early 2025. Public health officials have been concerned about the interruption to this "instrumental dataset".

In April 2025, reports emerged that the CDC laid off its entire PRAMS staff.

Reasons for the suspension were not explicitly stated at the time. A CDC spokesperson, Paul Prince, called it a "schedule adjustment" to ensure compliance with Executive Orders. A Talking Points Memo editorial suggested the suspension was related to a White House-mandated review of "DEI" (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) policies.

As of October 2025, the program's official status for resuming operations is unclear.

They fired everyone consolidating data for infant health in a country that ranks 49th in infant mortality (1 being the best/lowest), so studies will be nearly impossible unless you collect the data state by state, which requires getting permissions from each state.

I doubt it's a coincidence this happens as MEDICAID cuts are closing rural hospitals across the country, making pre and post natal care much more difficult.

 

[Loiosh]

This administration has also eliminated a team at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in charge of researching IVF treatments.

I thought Trump promised it would be free.

 

[Stoic1]

More likely it is a temporary pause to get their house in order because it couldn't or wouldn't unfuck itself. Case in point, the surveys they used included race, gender, sexual orientation, etc seem to have caused their central issue.

I think this is the predictable casualty of the culture war. The radical focus on gender ideology and DEI was so central to certain groups that the inevitable reaction to such ideology became a baby-and-bathwater situation. If that cancer had reached the roots of the tree you have to replant.

In broader context the CDC has a long road ahead to regain public trust.

 

[AZ103]

Ask yourself why we are 49th in infant mortality in the first place.

IVF is immoral and shouldnt be allowed.

Suspending this program is disgusting and immoral. Its bullshit.

 

[Loiosh]

More likely it is a temporary pause to get their house in order because it couldn't or wouldn't unfuck itself. Case in point, the surveys they used included race, gender, sexual orientation, etc seem to have caused their central issue.

The surveys included data about real people. Excluding data about those cohorts doesn't make them less real, it makes the data less accurate.

I think this is the predictable casualty of the culture war. The radical focus on gender ideology and DEI was so central to certain groups that the inevitable reaction to such ideology became a baby-and-bathwater situation. If that cancer had reached the roots of the tree you have to replant.

Your opinion is purely ideological. This administration uses codewords and you agree with it without having any idea why they're actually doing it.

In broader context the CDC has a long road ahead to regain public trust.

This ham-fisted administration isn't going to gain public trust as they have repeatedly lied about health concerns, and many of those lies are going to have devastating effects that will have their fingerprints all over them. This is already happening.

 

[cincymma79]

you guys abort all your kids anyway