Several European countries have introduced pronatalist policies designed to encourage young women to have more babies, including Russia, Hungary, and Poland, reports The Independent.
Other countries have proposed implementing proposals to incentivize the public to have more children as new research from the United Nations found that the number of children born to the average woman worldwide has reached the lowest point ever recorded.
ABC News in April reported that the White House had been fielding ideas aimed at increasing the nation’s birth rate, including a $5,000 baby bonus to every American mother after she gives birth.
“Sounds like a good idea to me,” President Donald Trump said when asked about it.
Last week, U.K. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said she wanted more young people in England to have children and said she hoped to make it easier.
Russia across 10 regions pays schoolgirls who become pregnant $1,270 for giving birth and raising their babies.
Hungary offers tax incentives to people who have three or more children, and Poland makes a monthly payment of nearly $140 to families with two or more children.
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