PRONATALIST VS ANTINATALIST

Shivansh Tiwari

Pro-Natalist vs Anti-Natalist

Pro-natalist

anti-natalist

- Policies that promoted babies

- Policies that discourage babies

- Used in countries that have a lack of available jobs

- Used in countries that lack a sufficient workforce

- Also used in countries that have an aging population

- Also used in countries that have too many people

- Usually take the form of tax breaks and maternity leave

- Usually take the form of governmental restrictions and access to birth control

- Famous examples include Singaporean pro-natalist policies in 1988 like 12 week maternity leaves and government subsidised child care

- Famous examples include China's "One-Child policy" which limited the amount of children a family could have using government regulation.