Let us establish a “Pregnant Mother” tax credit.
- This shall be considered independent of, separate from, and unrelated to any existing or future child tax credits
- This benefit shall be granted at a rate of $500 per month of pregnancy per child in womb (prorated to a rate of $125/week/child), to be claimed at the birth, miscarriage, or still-birth of the child(ren)
- If the mother is married to the biological father of the child(ren) at the time of birth, the benefit shall double.
- If the mother was married to the biological father, but he died while being married to the mother at the time of his death, the benefit shall still be doubled.
- If the mother is a minor, this benefit shall instead be placed in a distinct trust fund per child, to become available to her on her 18th birthday. If the mother is 18 or older, this will be a tax credit.
- (If the mother were to die prior to this, the ownership of the trust fund would be transferred to each child, who would be able to access it on their own 18th birthday)
- If a child is adopted from a single mother by a biological man married to a biological woman within one month of being born, this benefit (for that child) is increased by 50%
- If any child in the womb during the pregnancy were aborted (in the strictest sense of the term) by any means, all of these benefits are forfeited.
- [some collection of Pay-For line items, TBD]