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Losing SNAP Could Mean More Pregnancy Complications as Food Insecurity Grows
The funding pause threatens food benefits for 42 million Americans, including 16 million children, risking increased food insecurity and adverse health outcomes, USDA data shows.
- This week, the U.S. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program paused funding, risking monthly benefits for more than 42 million Americans, including sixteen million US children, starting Saturday, Nov. 1.
- The government shutdown halted emergency funding for nutrition programs, pausing SNAP funding and risking weekend benefit cutoffs as John Thune, Republican Senate Majority Leader, refused to consider a Democrat-led bill.
- Research shows children with food insecurity are around 50 percent more likely to have anxiety or depression, while food insecurity in pregnancy raises risks like preeclampsia and preterm birth that SNAP reduces, Dr. Chloe Zera said.
- The Women, Infants and Children program could soon run out in some states including Idaho, while Indiana and Tennessee have refused to step in as SNAP pauses Saturday.
- Experts warn these harms can become generational and erode public trust in institutions, with Lynlee Lord, Idaho resident and mother, recalling she might have considered abortion without assistance a decade ago.
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Losing SNAP could mean more pregnancy complications as food insecurity grows
Millions nationwide could be cut off from access to government food assistance Saturday due to the shutdown, including those who are pregnant or have babies and young children. That possibility brings back a lot of difficult memories for Lynlee Lord, a mom of three in rural Idaho. In 2014, when Lord was 24, her partner […]
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