Baby bonuses and menstrual cycle classes are among the ideas pitched to Trump aides as they consider plans to try boosting the birthrate.
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Out of concern for low birthrate, they are looking at ways to get people to have more kids.
The teaching about menstrual cycles had me laughing a bit considering that should be part of any sex ed class, and it implies people just don't know how conceive. I see a higher likelihood that it would impact birthrate negatively.
People aren't having kids because they are really expensive and often set at least one parent back career wise due to schedule issues. If you don’t live near other family, all the school closures and holidays are huge impacts to ability to work and daycare is really expensive. Now on top of that medical care for pregnancy, birth and childhood is only going to get more expensive as public health programs get pruned and medication costs go up. So they are proposing $5k to help offset those costs. How does anyone that wants reduced gov spending and hates government handouts support that?
