US EditionHave a baby while you still can, France to tell 29-year-olds
France targets 29-year-olds with fertility education and expanded egg-freezing services to address a low birth rate of 1.56 children per woman, below the replacement level of 2.1.
- The French government is launching a targeted fertility push aimed at 29-year-old French citizens as part of a 16-point plan to boost France's fertility rate.
- Rising fiscal concerns and demographic decline prompted France to target 29-year-olds, amid fears that last year's more deaths than births created a shock effect, as Professor Gemenne noted.
- The plan includes a 'My Fertility' website, a national communication campaign with school reproductive-health lessons, and free egg-freezing for 29–37 year olds while expanding egg-freezing centres from 40 to 70.
- The health ministry has opened a review of perinatal care after acknowledging higher maternal and infant mortality, while critics including Allan Pacey say housing, finance and access shape fertility choices.
- Experts warn medicine has limits in addressing social causes of delayed motherhood, underscoring the long-term limits of medical fixes in demographic policies, as efforts aim to make France a leader in fertility research.
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A Letter To Boost French Birth Rate
To boost the birth rate, which has reached dramatically low levels in France, the government came up with the strange idea of sending a letter to all French citizens aged 29, offering them some advice. This curious exercise proves one thing above all: that Emmanuel Macron and his teams clearly understand nothing about family or birth rates. France, which has long prided itself on being an exception in terms of fertility, has now entered the same…
All French citizens aged 29 and over should be encouraged by their government to have children while they are still able. Health officials say the aim is to avoid these men and women facing fertility problems later and thinking "if only I had known", reports Telegraph. The strategy is part of a 16-point plan to boost fertility rates in France, one of many Western countries, including the UK, where figures are falling. The trend is creating anxie…
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