Russian Town Offers Rewards for Baby-Making

Russia’s birth rate is declining, and the government is experimenting with some creative measures to turn that statistic around.

Georgetown University professor emeritus Murray Feschback talks with Michele Norris.

I happened to catch this last night on the way home from a doctor’s appointment. Fascinating to hear some of their incentives. Listen to it all from NPR.

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3 comments on “Russian Town Offers Rewards for Baby-Making

  1. deaconjohn25 says:

    And of course part of the problem is that Moslems are moving into Russia from the East with huge families and no sign of swallowing the Planned Parenthood line that has so captured what used to be Western Christendom. And our stupid politicians in the U. S. keep feeding millions to this pro-Western genocide outfit whose policies are soon to make us extinct or possibly leaving a remnant to continue on under Islamic oppression.

  2. libraryjim says:

    Yeah, Deaconjoh, I wonder what would happen if the U.S. declared a conception day so that a multitude of babies would be born on July 4? How long until Planned Parenthood and NOW brought the first lawsuits?

  3. Jennie TCO says:

    And, what about the nearly 800,000 kids in Russian orphanages? Because the Russians have made international adoption nearly impossible, why not have a national campaign to empty their orphanages? This also reminds me of the campaign some years back (20 or so?) by the Romanian govt to up their birth rate and the ensuing disaster. Hope the Russians will re-think this.