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What does pronatalism mean?

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Noun
  1. An attitude or ideology promoting child-bearing; advocacy of having children, especially from the State. [from 20th c.]
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But just as pronatalism is unjustified, so are the dire — and discredited — prophecies of Thomas Malthus and his followers, who believed that soaring populations must lead to mass starvation.
From mommy bloggers to yummy celebrity mummies, pronatalism has a lock on lifestyle discussion.
Historical Linkages between Reproduction, Pronatalism and Professional Institutions in North America.
Two trends in particular, Pronatalism and racial categorization, influenced colonial officials to reconsider their racial perceptions of abandoned Eurasian children.
The pronatalism of the Old Testament and the Roman Empire was embraced with some ambivalence by a church that sanctified celibacy among the priesthood.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, pronatalism acquired a specious scientific aura from social Darwinism and eugenics.

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