The Hill: HHS cuts risk undermining reproductive health services

“Trump said he is the fertility president. But how does cutting these programs support his administration’s position?” one former CDC employee said.  

 The Department of Government Efficiency’s mass layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have reduced staff working at maternal health and reproductive health programs including teams that report on fertility outcomes of IVF clinics.

 HHS laid off 10,000 employees earlier this month, which included removing three-quarters of the CDC’s reproductive health division, a former employee told The Hill.