It’s a commonplace that motherhood is “the toughest job in the world,” and in future years it may come with a signing bonus of $5,000. That’s just one proposal that the Trump administration is presently considering to induce people to have more kids. This general shift in favor of pronatalism has been welcomed even by many people who are generally skeptical of the New Right. At last, the right is taking the “birth dearth” seriously and considering what policy reforms might make America more pro-family! Andrew Smarick recently made that argument in these pages, and he may be right. But I am not sure he is right.
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