From WisPolitics.com/WisBusiness.com …
— U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is demanding the Trump administration “immediately reverse course” on cutting funding for preventing teen pregnancy, including $1.2 million in grant funding in Wisconsin.
The Madison Dem and other Dem senators recently sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., expressing “outrage” over the administration’s move to end most Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program grants.
“We call on you to immediately reinstate funding for these grantees who have a proven track record of working to uphold the goals of the program in accordance with the law,” the lawmakers wrote, noting grantees are currently partway through their funded projects.
Fifty-three of the program’s 66 existing grants were cut, according to the letter. Baldwin’s office says that includes $1.2 million in grant funding in Wisconsin, which aimed to prevent unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. It also supported health education for teens and communication training for medical providers to help them connect with young people.
The U.S. teen birth rate has been declining for 35 years, including a 7% decline in 2025 alone based on CDC data. The number of babies among mothers aged 15-19 was five times higher in 1991, according to the letter.
“Evidence suggests that these declines are driven by several factors, including the use of more effective forms of contraception, greater access to information about pregnancy prevention, and a decline in teen sexual activity, which the TPP Program has supported,” lawmakers wrote.
See the release below.
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