Senate Democrats raise ‘profound concerns’ over Trump administration website for new moms

Senate Senate Democrats raise ‘profound concerns’ over Trump administration website for new moms Comments: by Ashleigh Fields - 06/24/26 2:48 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Ashleigh Fields - 06/24/26 2:48 PM ET Comments: Link copied

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Eleven Democratic senators on Wednesday flagged “profound concerns” with the Trump administration’s website for new and expecting mothers, which the lawmakers saying the site drives families towards crisis pregnancy centers for treatment.

Moms.gov, launched on Mother’s Day, features resources from 2,750 pregnancy centers, which Planned Parenthood calls “crisis pregnancy centers” that it says are traditionally run by anti-abortion advocates.

The senators alleged in a letter to President Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that these centers are typically staffed by unlicensed health workers and volunteers, who have been repeatedly found to provide medically inaccurate information.

“This raises profound concerns about the health, safety, and privacy of people who access this government website at a time when women’s health and reproductive rights face increasing attacks,” the senators wrote.

“Instead of offering concrete resources to protect the health and safety of pregnant women and their families, the Trump Administration is using this website to highlight anti-abortion [crisis pregnancy centers],” they added.

Senators said the resources provided on the government website act as an “attack” on reproductive freedom, noting that crisis pregnancy centers often “delay access to legitimate medical care,” increasing the risks of severe health consequences that put women’s lives at risk.

Lawmakers also flagged concerns of data privacy due to the site’s direct link to Option Line, a 24/7, multilingual crisis anti-abortion helpline managed by Heartbeat International that provides support and resources to individuals facing unexpected pregnancies.

Heartbeat International is an anti-abortion association that supports the largest network of crisis pregnancy centers in the world, with over 2,000 affiliates, per their website.

In one data breach, the organization reportedly uploaded an unencrypted training video to the internet revealing the names and medical histories of 13 people with information that included their due date, a map of where they lived, their last period and whether they were given an ultrasound or pregnancy test, according to the letter.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who signed the letter, described the site as “horrific.”

“It’s horrific that the Trump administration is using taxpayer dollars to prop up a website that pushes pregnant women towards non-medical anti-abortion centers,” Warren told HuffPost, which first reported the letter.

“The Republican plan is to sneak through anti-abortion resources and backdoor abortion bans because they know Americans don’t support their extreme agenda. Democrats are fighting back,” she added.

In addition to Warren, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sens. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Michael Bennett (Colo.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) signed the letter. They also requested details on the administration’s partnership with Option Line.

Additionally, they asked for information by July 8 on how many users clicked the Option Line link embedded in the site, whether medical professionals were consulted during the site’s creation and how the Trump administration plans to safeguard Americans’ personal data after accessing Moms.gov.