To the extent Democrats see falling fertility as a problem at all (many Democrats such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) doesn’t believe in having children at all), they often claim more women would have children if the government only provided benefits needed to support mothers in the workplace.

Their preferred agenda often includes paid parental leave, government-run child care centers, and government-run preschool. If Republicans would only agree to invest in this “care economy,” Democrats argue, women would happily have more children.

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