Article argues that negative pronatalism harms autonomy and increases inequalities, particularly for women.
In this article, I claim that pronatalist policies that not only reward those who have (more) children, but penalize those who do not, constitute what I call negative pronatalism. I argue that negative pronatalism exacerbates autonomy infringements, inequalities, and other harms to those – especially women – who do not have (more) children. Thus, negative pronatalism warrants repudiation.
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