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White House Draft Would Let Stay-at-Home Spouses Tap Child Care Fund

Repurposing the $12 billion Child Care and Development Fund would raise legal questions while deepening a fierce split in conservative politics.

White House Drafts Rule Letting Married Stay-at-Home Parents Use Child-Care Fund

Germany Proposes Cutting Elterngeld From 14 to 12 Months

Prien Proposes Shorter Elterngeld Period in Exchange for Higher Monthly Payments

Japan Births and Fertility Hit Record Lows in 2025

France’s Planning Office Backs Longer Paid Leave and Guaranteed Childcare to Confront Birth Slump

SPD in North Rhine-Westphalia Proposes Half-Price Deutschlandticket for Three Months

France Lawmakers Unveil Family Policy Overhaul With €250 Per Child and Yearlong Parental Leave

Heritage Foundation Releases Blueprint To Promote Marriage And Increase Births

CBO Forecasts U.S. Population Flatlines by 2056 as Deaths Outnumber Births by 2030

Russia Plans Mandatory Family Mediation Proposals as Lawmaker Urges Free Pilot

French Inquiry Into Falling Births Finds Strong Parental Desire, Fuels Call for Family-Policy Overhaul

France Drafts Decree to Raise Family-Allowance Top-Up Age to 18

Fertility in England and Wales Falls to Record Low of 1.41 as Childlessness Rises

Germany’s Justice Minister Proposes Joint Motherhood From Birth

U.S. Fertility Rate Remains at 1.6 as Americans Press for Better Child Care and Maternal Support

U.S. Fertility Rate Nears Record Low as 21 States See Natural Decline

Italy's Top Court Grants Parental Rights to Same-Sex Mothers Using IVF Abroad

Trump Administration Weighs Pronatalist Policies as Experts Warn of Economic Barriers

Spain Enforces New Rules on Surrogacy Birth Registrations Abroad