The Trump administration is pushing for more pregnancies, more births—more people. But let’s be clear: they mean certain people. Certain demographics. Certain voters.

They offer child tax credits, counseling programs, and messaging campaigns encouraging motherhood. Everything but actually paying women to give birth—though give it time.

And for those who don’t want children? The Dobbs decision, abortion bans, and criminalization of reproductive autonomy make sure you don’t have a choice.

But here’s a radical idea: Instead of trying to force more births, why not build a world that welcomes it?

A world where:

Children aren’t growing up under the constant threat of gun violence
Storms don’t take their homes because climate denial rules policy
People aren’t snatched from streets by masked agents in unmarked vans
A handful of billionaires don’t hoard the wealth of 90% of the population
The American Dream isn’t a relic of the past
There isn’t a growing threat of nuclear annihilation
And corruption isn’t baked into governance

If we truly care about children, we should be fighting for a world worthy of them. Not one that mandates their existence while abandoning their future.