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erronis

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Thu Jul 9, 2026, 10:21 AM Thursday

The New York Times Would Like You To Meet This Totally Harmless Tradwife/Heritage Foundation Hack [View all]

https://www.wonkette.com/p/the-new-york-times-would-like-you
Robyn Pennacchia


Emma Waters


"A Conservative Role Model for Ending the Fertility Crisis"

That is the actual title of a New York Times profile (gift link) on Heritage Foundation Senior Policy Analyst Emma Waters -- an ideologue in the mold of Phyllis Schlafly, who also famously traveled around the country telling other women to stay home.

It's not the first. As writer Jessica Shortall pointed out on Bluesky yesterday, Waters has been the subject of at least two other New York Times profiles on her quest to replace standard fertility treatments with some bullshit called "restorative reproductive medicine" and downplaying her desire to force other women back to the 1950s: "White House Assesses Ways to Persuade Women to Have More Children," published in April of 2025, and "As Trump Weighs I.V.F., Republicans Back New 'Natural' Approach to Infertility," published in August of 2025.

I guess they figured that after a whole year we'd need a reminder.

Waters and other advocates try to present "restorative reproductive medicine" as some kind of "all natural" approach that takes into account infertility's "root causes." As per the August 2025 article, "[p]hysicians who specialize in the approach analyze patients' diet and exercise habits, while helping them "chart" their menstrual cycles, a process that can help expose certain reproductive health conditions, like endometriosis, that may lead to infertility." (Nota bene: "restorative reproductive medicine is not a recognized medical specialization.)

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Closing paragraph:
I, personally, would like to point out that we do not even have enough ob-gyns for all of the people currently giving birth, particularly in areas run by people who are ideologically aligned with Emma Waters. Areas where it is now even more dangerous to give birth than it used to be, thanks to the anti-abortion laws that force doctors to wait until the last possible minute before providing care to patients in crisis. Also, there are 330,000 to 345,000 children living in foster care in the United States and 10 to 11 million living in poverty. Maybe we should consider taking care of the pregnant people and children we have before we start talking about any "birth rate crisis." Certainly before we start exploring "rolling back the last century of cultural progress" as a viable solution.


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Emma Waters is listed as a contributor to the Project 2025 manifesto for destroying democracy. Lonestarblue Thursday #1
They also want to get rid of no fault divorce Diraven Thursday #23
This is all the beginning of taking away the 19th amendment. sagetea Thursday #2
True. But it will never happen. Wiz Imp Thursday #22
Oh, I agree! sagetea Thursday #29
"White House Assesses Ways to Persuade White Women to Have More Children," Ray Bruns Thursday #3
Exactly. What white bigots fear most is becoming the minority William Seger Thursday #5
There's a fertilitiy crisis now? WTF. Initech Thursday #4
(r) incels wonder why their hands don't get pregnant. erronis Thursday #8
Well when you spend all day inside, watching porn and talking shit about women on podcasts... Initech Thursday #10
Fertility Crisis. Wednesdays Thursday #12
Read the novel and you'll understand WHY there was a fertility crisis jmowreader Thursday #27
That's what struck me BaronChocula Thursday #28
My feeling is that men can take the trad wife crap and shove it you know where Stargazer99 Thursday #6
These idgit men claim they want a "trad" wife, mwmisses4289 Thursday #16
Ridiculous moose65 Thursday #7
"... believe they're on a reality show." playing to that orange corpustulence. erronis Thursday #9
"White House Assesses Ways to Persuade Women to Have More WHITE Children" Wednesdays Thursday #11
Charting menstrual cycles? mcar Thursday #13
Women are having fewer children because it cost so much to raise a child to 18 yrs of age. patphil Thursday #14
NYT loves to publish Liberal Nightmare Fuel. maxsolomon Thursday #15
Here's how she really looks, before AI fixed her up FakeNoose Thursday #17
Stephen Miller's wife in 10 years. rubbersole Thursday #19
Why are they giving her a platform. chowder66 Thursday #18
Really???????? BurnDoubt Thursday #20
There is no fertility crisis. The earth is still way overpopulated. hamsterjill Thursday #21
Exactly what the REPUBLICNS want! some_of_us_are_sane Thursday #25
Thank you. hamsterjill Thursday #34
The "having a bunch of kids" crap Stacey Grove Friday #42
Well said! NNadir Thursday #26
Thank you. hamsterjill Thursday #31
I might add that the current regime's policies have led to a significant decrease in affordable health care. How does Martin68 Thursday #24
Links to NYT article TommyT139 Thursday #30
"endometriosis" WILL KILL YOU -- that is, it will kill women AverageOldGuy Thursday #32
That's another "woman's problem". Something the Project 2025 authors don't care about. erronis Thursday #36
A young woman i know (mid twenties) had endometriosis so bad that she had to have a hysterectomy. mwmisses4289 Thursday #38
I'm so glad for your friend. erronis Thursday #39
They must have hit the "hideous her up" button on their AI thingy jmowreader Thursday #33
To say nothing about that "godly man" probably having multiple other partners, even marriages. erronis Thursday #37
The GOP needs more little kids to diddle Blue Owl Thursday #35
This article is a slap in the face to women for multiple reasons dlk Thursday #40
Objectification. Turning women into objects. erronis Thursday #41
Republicans can't degrade women enough dlk Friday #44
I need to do research Stacey Grove Friday #43
There is a reason "trad-wives" tend to be very young Oneironaut Friday #45
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