It's backwards. I can see why Mongolia would put such a policy into practice, given their very small population and the fact that they are hardly a magnet for immigration, as well as the superb support they already provide in terms of day care and education. Still, it's been mostly a failure. For the US it is more Handmaid's Tale-ish than anything else. Valuing potential "life" over actual life, turns living into an abstraction.
You’ve raised some fascinating issues here, Sally. Child care and education are two areas where improvements would have a significant impact workforce participation rates. It’s disappointing that higher birthrates is a potential solution that garners so much attention when there are so many people, already alive, who are not given every opportunity to succeed in this world. If every person had access to clean water, healthy food choices, safe shelter, good health care, excellent education, and loving families and communities would we really need to be rewarding women for bringing five new babies into the world?
It's backwards. I can see why Mongolia would put such a policy into practice, given their very small population and the fact that they are hardly a magnet for immigration, as well as the superb support they already provide in terms of day care and education. Still, it's been mostly a failure. For the US it is more Handmaid's Tale-ish than anything else. Valuing potential "life" over actual life, turns living into an abstraction.
You’ve raised some fascinating issues here, Sally. Child care and education are two areas where improvements would have a significant impact workforce participation rates. It’s disappointing that higher birthrates is a potential solution that garners so much attention when there are so many people, already alive, who are not given every opportunity to succeed in this world. If every person had access to clean water, healthy food choices, safe shelter, good health care, excellent education, and loving families and communities would we really need to be rewarding women for bringing five new babies into the world?