pronatalism

English

Etymology

From pro- +‎ natal +‎ -ism.

Noun

pronatalism (usually uncountable, plural pronatalisms)

  1. An attitude or ideology promoting child-bearing; advocacy of having children, especially from the State. [from 20th c.]
    • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, p. 616:
      In France the emphasis fell on pronatalism; after the crushing defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1 and with the French population being outstripped by the German, health propaganda encouraged large families.

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