natalism
nounEtymology From natal + -ism.
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Pronatalism; an ideology in favor of childbearing.
- Falling birth rates are being met in many nations with a backlash: in China, Poland, Hungary and elsewhere, natalism is making a comeback, and the line between policies that are ‘pro-family’ (benefits and incentives) and those that are ‘anti-woman’ (abortion bans and the rescinding of workplace rights) is skin-thin.2019 March 23, Sarah Ditum, “Mum's the Word”, in Literary Review:
- Many of the speakers and attendees see natalism as a way of reversing these changes.2024 April 28, Gaby Del Valle, “The Far Right’s Campaign to Explode the Population”, in POLITICO, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2024:
- Derived terms
- anti-natalism, antinatalism