Up until recently, countries like Finland, Sweden and Norway had notably higher fertility rates than many countries in southern Europe...the Nordic socioeconomic model...was often held up as proof that progressive policies could prop up birthrates.
As Darel Paul wrote in an essay for Compact magazine last week, Europe has suffered a stunning fertility collapse in the last decade, much of it concentrated in countries where the feminist egalitarian model was strongest. Finland is one of them...despite all the support offered to parents, the country's birthrate has fallen nearly a third since 2010.
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