In a moment of historic labor shortages and economic uncertainty, the U.S. should embrace every source of human potential. Instead, some of the country’s most powerful voices are pushing policies that attempt to grow the population by pressuring Americans to have more children, even as they actively work to lower our nation’s immigrant population.

Recent proposals include a so-called “baby bonus” payment to encourage conception. But this isn’t about birth rates — it’s about whose births are being encouraged, and whose futures are being ignored.

At first glance, proposals to support families may seem well-intentioned. But little is done to materially support families once children arrive. There’s no universal childcare or paid parental leave. There are no meaningful investments in affordable housing or job quality.

At the same time, access to abortion and contraception is being rolled back in a........

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