This Mother's Day, lets talk about why birth rates are really declining | Katrina vanden Heuvel

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : And 43% of young people currently carry student debt, compared with 28% in 1993.
52% : The Congressional Progressive caucus has also called for a whole raft of policies that would lower the cost of living, from expanding Medicaid to investing $250bn in affordable housing.
49% : Meanwhile, Viktor Orbán has dedicated 5% of Hungary's GDP to pronatalist policies, which include nationalized IVF services and lifetime tax exemptions for mothers with three children.
48% : Instead, surveys have shown that would-be parents want to own a home, repay student debt and have money for childcare before starting a family.
17% : Americans deserve leaders who will fight for those kids after they're born Mother's Day is almost here, and while Donald Trump may seem an unlikely celebrant of the occasion, his administration has recently floated several proposals to incentivize motherhood - or, more accurately, giving birth.

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