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My cousins in France each have 3-5 children, because they have free daycare, socialized health care, etc. I plan on having none, because I can't afford it. Eve
by electrondood 2y ago
My cousins in France each have 3-5 children, because they have free daycare, socialized health care, etc. I plan on having none, because I can't afford it.
Every wealthy nation sees a declining birthrate that falls below the replacement rate. The economy of every wealthy nation depends on immigration. This is a fact.
If the nationalist right want people to have more babies to combat depopulation, they should be proposing and funding social support programs, not reproductive rights like abortion, IVF, contraception, etc.
- LUmBULtERA 2y agoQuick search yielded a birth rate in France of 1.83... so I don't think that anecdote is relevant. Any data for why you disagree?
- orangecat 2y agoMy cousins in France each have 3-5 children, because they have free daycare, socialized health care France's fertility rate is basically the same as the US. (1.9 vs 1.84 according to https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/total-fertility-rate/country-comparison/ https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/total-fertility...). Other countries with expansive welfare states like Finland and Sweden are even lower.
- themaninthedark 2y agoFrance's population is in decline though. Japan has free healthcare for anyone under 18 as well as free daycare if your income is low, etc. Their population is also on decline.
- oldpersonintx 2y ago[dead]