Family planning/policy

Nothing tests a dual-income marriage like a new baby

One misconception is that couples who have strong relationships before having children will naturally adjust well afterwards, says the writer.

The panic over birth rates has a blind spot

Commentary

S’pore wants more babies, so why do stereotypes about big families persist?

Teacher Clement Chua and freelance writer Kelly Ang, who is expecting their sixth child, with their children.

Life is better with siblings

The benefits of siblings reach further, into the harder corners of adolescence and beyond.

‘Are they all yours?’ Couple with six kids are asked this wherever the family goes

Amirudin Mohd Zain, 39, and his wife, Aszafirah Abu, 37, and their children on May 21.

In Your Opinion Podcast

A focus on one-child couples is an easier baby booster than large families

Can money alone shift a couple’s mindsets to having more children?

US paying nearly $32,073 a month to store unusable contraceptives stuck in Belgium

A pack of birth control pills is displayed in this illustration picture taken in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 11, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/Illustration

‘Two husbands’ ad no joking matter for China’s authorities

China is facing a demographic crisis after its birth rate halved over the past decade, and in response authorities have heavily promoted traditional family structures.

Legal whiplash over abortion pill undermines care, say providers in US

The drug mifepristone is key to a common protocol for abortion as well as miscarriage management.

Vasectomy debate highlights gender gap in family planning in Indonesia

Some see vasectomy as a way to ease the disproportionate contraceptive burden on women, while others remain cautious.

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