Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>If govt policymakers want their citizens to have more kids</p><p>Then:</p><p>Accessible <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Healthcare</span></a><br>Secure <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Housing</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Daycare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Daycare</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ParentalLeave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ParentalLeave</span></a> (both parents)<br>Sane <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/workCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workCulture</span></a><br>Quality <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a><br>Etc</p><p>In the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a>'s desire for more kids seems to have found its policy in "make them poor uneducated and desperate and get rid of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sexEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sexEd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/contraception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contraception</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/womensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>womensRights</span></a>"</p><p>I suppose they have a point because neglected unloved kids are future MAGA</p><p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/10/money-not-infertility-un-report-says-why-birth-rates-are-plummeting" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/10/m</span><span class="invisible">oney-not-infertility-un-report-says-why-birth-rates-are-plummeting</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Infertility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Infertility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/birthRate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birthRate</span></a></p>