These women want to have babies. They say Trump's policies are getting in the way.
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Some women who want to grow their families are choosing not to because of affordability, lack of access to maternal health care and other fears.
Kailah Brewer always wanted to have two children. She and her husband both grew up in large families and felt like their resources were stretched thin. Her parents couldn't help her buy her first car or assist with college funds, she said.
But when the Brewers started talking family planning, two kids felt manageable. And especially after her oldest, 5-year-old Kailo Brewer, was diagnosed with autism, she wanted him to have a sibling to grow up with and to help support him as an adult, after his parents are gone.
Kailah Brewer is a 32-year-old teacher in Chesapeake, Virginia, although she's stayed home the last few years to be with Kailo. She and her husband planned her second pregnancy down to the month. If Kailo started going to school in September 2026, and she got pregnant a month later, she'd have their second baby in June. Then she'd have all summer with the new baby before going back to work.
It all made perfect sense, until she crunched the numbers. Her heart fell. Though her husband, the family's sole earner right now, makes about $100,000 a year as a welder, they're strapped between her student loan debt, high child care costs and Kailo's medical expenses.
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Some women who want to grow their families are choosing not to because of affordability, lack of access to maternal health care and other fears.
Some women who want to grow their families are choosing not to because of affordability, lack of access to maternal health care and other fears.
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