Ditto in the US.
Yep. Whenever I am in any sort of public gathering I am struck with how few visibly pregnant women there are. Random chance would dictate at least enough to notice.
Making all birth control “free” sure won’t help.
Epidurals not included.
delivery 30k
c-section 50k
check-ups $$$$ money, money, money
ultrasounds big $$$
testing big $$$$$
insurance doesn’t pay in America. women must get all sorts of special insurance just for being female. women aren’t going to pay. It’s still astronomical even with insurance.
If things don’t go well, then you’re really going to pay. Many bad things happen as a result of pregnancy/birth. A woman may be going to doctors for years to try to fix the problems. Then if your kid has medical problems you will pay big.
Then the cost of raising a kid is like 200K, so you had better start saving for years, just for the delivery.
Women are remaining single because the woman has to pay everything and take care of the men on top of that. The women know child support is a joke and impossible to collect. The women know they will be footing the bill and doing most of the work, and possible medical consequences. some scraps from government don’t come close. Government schemes are not going to fool anybody, especially women. People are not going be breeding to fix big government schemes. They will breed a kid or two for themselves and that’s it. People know the facts.