Nationwide coalitions of mothers have emerged as some of the most enthusiastic champions of the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement, driven by an alignment with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s mission to foster a culture that creates healthy children.
One such group is MAHA Mommas, a coalition that has more than 33,000 followers on Instagram and focuses on supporting RFK Jr.’s promise to protect future generations. Started by three sisters, the organization has chapters across the U.S. and aims to raise “awareness about the dangers lurking in our food and medicine.”
According to its website, MAHA Mommas’ mission is “to create a future where all children thrive, free from the toxins and manipulations of industries that prioritize profit over people.”
Another group, MAHA Mom Coalition, has a similar goal. The moms affiliated with the organization hope to protect their children, families, and the future of the U.S. by prioritizing health and fighting “against corruption at every level,” according to the group’s website.
In a video posted to Instagram, MAHA Mom Coalition, together with MAHA Mommas and Millennials for Kennedy, said that “MAHA arose from the ache of knowing too much.” The trio added that the movement also came from a desire to protect children, especially those already hurt, and from “the hearts of mothers who had nothing left to lose.”
Moms Across America is yet another coalition with a similar goal. The organization, whose motto is “Empowered Moms, Healthy Kids,” highlights that moms – as the parents typically making most decisions about their children’s health – are on the front lines of the movement toward choosing natural and nutritious food.
Individual moms have also offered their support to the MAHA movement, with many of them building massive followings on social media to share their views on health, nutrition, raising children, and more.
Vani Hari, for example, boasts 2.3 million followers on Instagram and focuses on investigating the food industry. According to her Instagram posts and an August article from Axios, her activism ranges from protests to petitions to speaking before the Senate.
Others include Ana Maria Temple, a holistic pediatrician who has 391,000 followers on Instagram and helps “parents heal kids naturally” by sharing tips on health and low toxicity living, according to her bio. Zen Honeycutt, author and founder of Moms Across America, also speaks out on social media in support of Kennedy and MAHA.
Kennedy has capitalized on the moms’ defense of the MAHA movement. In March, he hosted the first-ever MAHA Commission roundtable, inviting moms like Hari and Honeycutt to participate, Axios reported. He posted photos of the event on Instagram, thanking the mothers and writing, “You got me where I am today, and I will not let you down.”
More recently, Kennedy posted on Facebook in support of mothers who say their children became autistic as a result of a vaccination. Kennedy has previously been called “anti-vax”; however, he rejected the label during a Sept. 4 Senate Finance Committee hearing, saying “I’m not going to sign on to something if I can’t do it to a scientific certainty. It doesn’t mean I’m ‘anti-vax,’ I’m just pro-science.”
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