Society, family & end of life

Should the state encourage higher birth rates?

The test question and the possible answers

The state should encourage people to have more children.

What's at stake: The debate is about the role of the state: boosting the birth rate for the country's future, or making parents' lives easier without steering their choices.

The left's argument

Having children is an intimate choice. The state should mostly make parents' lives easier.

The right's argument

A low birth rate threatens pensions and the country's future. The state must encourage it.

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