Hideous #pronatalist policy, including "the new law also expands the definition of 'LGBT propaganda' to include the promotion of the #childfree lifestyle" united24media.com/latest-news/...
Yet another #pronatalist strategy that will not work: "The health ministry approved new guidelines in February recommending that health professionals send women who do not want children to a psychotherapist..." www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04... #pronatalism
Governments worried about #birthrates are throwing money at parental leave and child benefits. But a new EBRD study finds the most effective #pronatalist policy might be much simpler: let people work from home b/c #WFH couples have measurably more children! coilink.org/20.500.1259...
Having communicated w/many #childfree female docs over the yrs, ob/gyn's often feel they have to keep this to themselves due to #pronatalist assumption that somehow because they don't want to raise children they can't provide the best ob/gyn care--? Total myth. www.huffpost.com/entry/pediat... 1/2
Such an example of #pronatalist reproductive control ~ "The Japanese gov't’s'maternity protection' law is one of the world’s most restrictive barriers to sterilization. It requires women to have... www.chennaionline.com/news/japanes... 1/2
"It is reasonable for female workers in Britain to feel 'humiliated' if they are called a grandmother, the tribunal ruled." No Sh*t.And not to mention, many older women are Not Even grandmothers...that we are is yet another #pronatalist Assumption, and inaccurate at that. www.msn.com/en-ca/news/w...
This article is such an example of how religious journalism pushes #pronatalist Myths, starting with how the pub, World, describes itself as producing "sound journalism, grounded in facts and biblical truth." This piece is Not grounded in facts & truths... wng.org/opinions/chi... #TheBabyMatrix
Recommend two articles on a tragic effect of #pronatalist influence: the dark world of surrogacy. www.wsj.com/us-news/chin... 1/2
"...additional forms of female identity.' More and more women are showing us that motherhood isn’t required for a strong sense of identity." Read more in the dissection of #pronatalist Normality Assumption: 2/2 amzn.to/3LTUqzQ
This article is an example of the still-existing pressure to conform to #pronatalist assumpions we have been fed for generations, e.g.,you'll regret not having kids, who will take care of you when you are old, etc. But ~ speaks to seeing thru #TheBabyMatrix: www.newsweek.com/woman-39-sha... 1/2
"For years, #pronatalist policy in the US has been largely conservative" ~ No. It has provided incentives for people to have children no matter their political position. So have workplace policies, which are inequitable, favoring those with children, not those w/o. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
#OpenAccess article via #NLM ' #ReproductiveCapital: #Theoretical foundations & #Empirical evidence from the #workplace': dynamics of #ART #IVF where #Pronatalist #Policy may lead to #SymbolicViolence for those not conforming to trad parenthood norms: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Addressing big social issues that come as a result of living in a #pronatalist society, e.g., baby abandonment: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/n... or impacts of lack of regulation in the $B surrogacy business: www.wsj.com/us-news/surr...
Image shows the Telegraph article opening with an image of a newborn baby breastfeeding, Credit: Galina Zhigalova/Moment RF. Text reads: What Russians really think about Putin’s baby boom drive Pregnancy payments, a Ministry of Sex and banning ‘child-free propaganda’ all feature in a plan to make large families ‘the norm’ again Phoebe Hennell Related Topics Global Health Security, Russia-Ukraine war, Russia 15 September 2025 10:48am BST The president wants Russian women to have eight or more children to head off the looming demographic crisis
“ #Pronatalist policies are ‘impotent’ in budging long-term #fertility rates. The root problems are #economic uncertainty, #housing, #childcare, and household gender inequality,” says CG Co-Director @melindacmills.bsky.social in @telegraphnews.bsky.social
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This article gets directly at the #pronatalist Elderhood Assumption I discuss in the #TheBabyMatrix. The outmoded myth: "My children will be there for me when I am old". www.wsj.com/health/welln... 1/2
- define what a meaningful life is for you first, Then figure out how parenthood might fit into that picture. Gets away from the #pronatalist assumption (and myth) that having children is 'the' way to find 'true' fulfillment in life. 2/2
My day started reading this article & learning new word #pronatalist . Between that & #tradwife I hope #SNL @saturdaynightlive.bsky.social is ready w/ridicule. Shame & ridicule these ridiculous idiots!!! www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
#Pronatalist movement a whole new world for me: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_ii...
A standard #pronatalist argument is that we need more kids so that there will be someone to look after old people later on. TIL that Australia employs almost as many people in child care (171000) as in aged care (258 000). That doesn't count the work of parents.
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=Just tip of the iceberg of #pronatalist attitudes/beliefs that glorify mhood, babies for purposes of gov't, business & religious power structures to continue to grow their power. So much untruthful messaging as far back as Roman times to now! Don't believe the hype. Get out of #TheBabyMatrix. 2/2
Am I the only one out there who finds Ross Douthat repulsive in every aspect of his public persona? 🤢 #Pronatalist #Republican #NYT
And Then ~ figure out how kids fit into that picture. See my discussion of the #pronatalist Fulfillment Assumption discussion in #TheBabyMatrix: amzn.to/45lQJdM 2/2
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Join @tarasetmayer.bsky.social and @michellekinney.com to discuss the weird #pronatalist movement dominating the conversation this week, plus more.
See you there at 7:30 pm ET! www.youtube.com/live/vyEw-Bt...
BW photo from the 1920 of a group of people standing in front of a building with the sign "Fitter Families for Georgia"
Bronze medal awarded at Fittest Families competitions. The round medal shows a man, woman, and child holding a lit torch. Written on the medal is "Yea, I have a goodly heritage" a quote from the bible.
Yes, the Nazis gave mothers medals, but they got their ideas from American Eugenics. Back in the 1920s, the US awarded them to the “fittest” white families during #pronatalist Fitter Families events at state fairs. The medals said: “Yea, I have goodly heritage” aka were reproductively desirable.
Margaret Sanger was wise to #Pronatalist Bros hidden agenda, 110 years ago:
"Working people themselves must remember that they themselves produce the surplus number of wage-earners that overflows the #labor market." #WomensHealth #Contraception
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And it's been a #pronatalist pro-patriarchy for a looooong time. newrepublic.com/article/1943...
that women with the privilege to choose LIMIT their exposure to this. Why are their larger families in poorer countries? FOR END OF LIFE CARE? SERIOUSLY #BrianBoytler? Maybe. But more likely 1. They're going to work and 2. WOMEN HAVE NO ACCESS TO EDUCATION/BIRTH CONTROL. This #pronatalist nonsense
...the huge costs and harms associated with each. See my discussion of this and more in the #pronatalist Right to Reproduce Assumption chapter in #TheBabyMatrix: Why Freeing Our Minds From Outmoded Thinking About Parenthood & Reproduction Will Create a Better World. amzn.to/4cSVEEX