U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) is being ridiculed on social media for a new piece of proposed legislation that, while billed as a child support bill for new moms, is being panned as yet another dystopian intrusion into women's pregnancies.
Britt, who came to the forefront of the political conversation following her heavily-mocked response to President Joe Biden's 2024 State of the Union address, announced the More Opportunities for Moms to Succeed (MOMS) Act. The bill would create a registry of pregnant women, who would then be steered to support services that include "crisis pregnancy centers" — usually faith-based groups designed to shame or trick women seeking abortions into keeping their pregnancies anyway.
"To all of my fellow moms out there, my goal is to give you and your children the opportunities to thrive and to live your American dreams," Britt said in a video announcing the policy.
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But it didn't go over the way she was likely hoping on social media.
"Handmaid's Tale sh-- right here," wrote Allison Gill, the veteran and political commentator behind "Mueller, She Wrote." "What happened to the party of 'small government'?"
"Katie Britt: Introduced a bill to create a federal database of pregnant women. Also Katie Britt: Opposes federal database of gun owners," wrote Shannon Watts of Moms Demand Action.
@ArtCandee wrote, "Omg. Katie Britt has dropped a new super cringe video for introducing a bill to create a national registry of pregnant women. Clearly she didn’t learn her lesson about overacting and not coming across like a serial killer."
"This is Katie Britt, the Senator from Alabama, in her vanilla kitchen 98% of Americans could not afford," wrote @RogerZenAF. "She's talking about creating a database of pregnant women. Totally not cult behavior. Or fascism. Totally..."
