HHS launches Moms.gov on Mother’s Day with family resources
The US Department of Health and Human Services launched moms.gov on Mother’s Day, giving new and expecting mothers a federal website that offers guidance and information to support their health and their families. The site also links to local pregnancy centers, nutritional guidance and tools to set up $1,000 Trump accounts for children.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said, “Moms.gov delivers critical tools and support to help parents foster healthy pregnancies, strengthen young families, and create brighter futures for their children.” The site’s launch puts those resources in one place under a federal banner, with Option Line’s pregnancy-center locator placed prominently on the page.
Kennedy and Hilliard
Kennedy added, “This is how you Make America Healthy Again.” HHS press secretary Emily Hilliard said, “The pregnancy centers and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) [which receive federal funding to provide primary care for underserved communities] listed on the website provide supportive services to expecting mothers.”
Hilliard also said, “As part of a pro-life, pro-family administration, HHS is committed to delivering critical tools to help parents foster healthy pregnancies, strengthen young families, and create brighter futures for their children.” The department’s framing matters because the site is not only pointing users to nutrition and financial tools; it is also steering them toward pregnancy centers that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says portray themselves as reproductive health clinics while trying to deter people from abortion care and some contraceptive options.
Pregnancy centers and Title X
HHS has directly given at least $34 million to 16 crisis pregnancy centers between 2018 and 2024. That funding history sits alongside an April proposal from the Trump administration to dismantle its Title X family planning program and replace its contraception-focused approach with one that would urge providers to concentrate on “optimal health (defined as physical, mental, and social wellbeing), not just medical intervention.”
For mothers and families using Moms.gov, the practical step is simple: the site now serves as a federal entry point for pregnancy-center referrals, nutrition information and child-account setup in the same place. The unresolved issue is how the administration will align those resources with the Title X overhaul it proposed in April.
