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So why does the state have an interest in promoting childbirth?
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I could make a case as to why maintaining a strong and growing population is in the state's interest, but that depends on many factors. Take the looming possibility of a war with China, for example. China has an advantage in numbers. Would we be nearly the superpower we are today if our population was merely a few million people? I think not.
But you are again focusing with laser-like intensity on childbirth alone. This is a mistake which I have repeatedly cautioned you on. I agree with you that childbirth is going to happen anyway (but only in heterosexual couples!) and that the state need not promote childbirth, per se.
What I have been saying all along is that society has an interest in promoting the stable family environment - for the purposes of RAISING children (as opposed to merely birthing them) and that doing so strengthens our society.