HOW TO STOP THE FALLING BIRTH RATE
In the recent Newsweek article "Japan Could Change Childbirth Rules Amid Efforts to Boost Birth Rates," you'll learn that Japan's government is considering making childbirth free in order to address its declining birth rate, a move recommended by a government panel. The proposed policy shift aims to mitigate the effects of a shrinking and aging population, which is putting pressure on Japan's economy. Currently, families cover much of the childbirth-related medical costs, but the government provides a partial allowance (500,000 yen). These costs have risen significantly, leaving many families with substantial out-of-pocket expenses.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's administration is working to address the country's demographic crisis, with the proposed reform aiming to fully cover childbirth costs via public health insurance. The Health Ministry is expected to present a draft plan later this year detailing the financial and logistical aspects of the proposal. Implementation, if approved, could start as early as April 2026. The article also included a link (now deleted) to what Kid Rock Blames for Low US Birth Rates.
It's not just in Japan and China, the two countries most often mentioned for their falling birth rates, but right here in the U.S., in Europe, and the birth rate even beginning to fall in Africa. The "Fatherly" website has an article that hits the nail on its head: the decreasing level of practicing the Christian faith: "liberals are not having enough babies to keep up with conservatives." The Pill and abortion are decreasing the liberal population especially, while the conservative population is growing.
Why is the birth rate falling worldwide? Beginning in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the "scientific" worldview of secular materialism started capturing people's minds. If evolution tells us there is no need for a creator God and no eternal life with Him, if all we are is a meaningless heap of fat, muscle, nerve cells, and bones that eventually dies and turns to dust, then there's no point in "archaic" Christian morality. If when you die, there's nothing left – when you're dead, you're dead, that's all. As St. Paul stated – "If the dead are not raised, then 'let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die'" (1 Corinthians 15:32). So let's just stuff our bellies, drink ourselves silly, have lots of drugs and sex, kill any resulting babies, because that's all there is left to do. Don't worry about tomorrow and the falling birth rate, just grab the gusto while you can.
But even from a secular materialist viewpoint of political expediency, something must be done. Society will simply disintegrate if birth rates continue to fall. Developed economies especially are seeing too few new, young workers to replace those "baby boomers" who are now retiring. Will AI take their place? There's no need for robots to make cars or clothes or shoes or grow crops, because car dealerships, clothing, grocery, and shoe stores will go out of business due to not enough customers. There's no need for robots to serve the customers at McDonalds, no need for farmers and ranchers because there are hardly any people left at all. So, what will all the AI robots do, when there's nobody left to be assistants for, or masters over?
The situation, however, is turning around: with an increasing growth of the conservative Christian population and a decline of the liberal secular humanist population, the birth rate will begin to climb again. Women on average will have more babies, they will not let them be indoctrinated into secular humanism, but will teach them the moral values that will make society prosper again. "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth!"
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