EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -There are a range of ‘pro-natalist’ (encouraging and supporting of increasing the birth rate) or ‘anti-natalist’ (discouraging and unsupportive of increasing the birth rate) approaches.

Detailed explanation-2: -Antinatalist countries discourage people from having children. The best, and most well-known example of this is China’s One-Child policy.

Detailed explanation-3: -Antinatalism or anti-natalism is the philosophical position that views birth and procreation of sentient beings (including non-human animals) as morally wrong: antinatalists therefore argue that humans should abstain and, possibly, stop other animals from procreating.

Detailed explanation-4: -Anti-natalist policies aim to do the reverse: to encourage people to plan smaller families, lower fertility rates and reduce the number of births. These tend to be found in countries with high birth rates and rapidly growing populations.