Pressure to procreate: inside Hungaryâ€™s baby drive | Europe's Baby Bust

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Published on Feb 28, 2021
Hungary has one of the lowest birthrates in Europe, and prime minister Viktor OrbÃ¡n is spending significant money trying to convince young people to have babies. In the second episode of Europe's Baby Bust, Leah Green and Ekaterina Ochagavia visit Budapest, and meet three women of similar age and with very different outlooks on the countryâ€™s drive to procreate. Is there undue pressure or does OrbÃ¡n's plan merely support future parents?

Europeâ€™s 'baby bust': can paying for pregnancies save Greece? â–º https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2021/feb/09/europes-baby-bust-can-paying-for-pregnancies-save-greece-video

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