{"id":2570948,"date":"2026-02-18T08:11:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/frances-plan-to-lure-women-into-freezing-their-eggs-wont-fix-its-flailing-fertility-rate\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T08:14:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:14:25","slug":"frances-plan-to-lure-women-into-freezing-their-eggs-wont-fix-its-flailing-fertility-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/frances-plan-to-lure-women-into-freezing-their-eggs-wont-fix-its-flailing-fertility-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"France Can\u2019t Fix Fertility By Luring Women To Freeze Their Eggs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffrances-plan-to-lure-women-into-freezing-their-eggs-wont-fix-its-flailing-fertility-rate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2570948&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>France is grappling with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/japanese-prime-minister-appoints-minister-of-loneliness-to-combat-rise-in-suicide\/\" title=\"Japanese Prime Minister Appoints \u2018Minister Of Loneliness\u2019 To Combat Rise In Suicide\">falling birth rate<\/a> and is exploring a policy that targets women in their late 20s with a letter encouraging egg freezing for future conception via IVF, a service already subsidized by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-go-to-the-hospital-when-you-get-sick-don-lemon-screams-at-the-unvaccinated\/\" title=\"\u2018Don\u2019t Go To The Hospital When You Get Sick!\u2019: Don Lemon Screams At The Unvaccinated\">national health system<\/a> for those seeking a baby. The piece notes that IVF accounts for about 4% of births in France and argues that the letter,which promises egg freezing at no personal cost,may not guarantee a child or a higher birth rate. It contends that such a strategy could make life feel transactional and encourage delaying family formation in favor of career, while also highlighting medical risks of egg retrieval, including ovarian hyperstimulation, infection, and other complications. The article criticizes the idea that paying for babies or massively expanding fertility technology can solve demographic decline, suggesting that the approach may not achieve its stated goals and could have unintended social consequences.It also references Emmanuel Macron\u2019s 16-point fertility plan to expand research and storage facilities, and closes with a bio of Jordan Boyd, a Federalist writer.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In an attempt to boost its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/en\/opinion\/article\/2026\/01\/25\/falling-birth-rate-in-france-we-may-be-witnessing-a-period-of-very-rapid-and-highly-gendered-social-change_6749778_23.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">flailing fertility rate<\/a>, France plans to target women in their late 20s with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-independent.com\/news\/world\/europe\/france-letter-infertility-29-year-olds-b2916816.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> that attempts to lure them into freezing their eggs for future conception using assisted reproductive technology such as in vitro fertilization (IVF). <\/p>\n<p>France&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >largely socialized health care system<\/a> already funds IVF for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/world\/france-legalizes-ivf-for-lesbians-and-single-women\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">anyone who wants a baby<\/a>. As a result, more than&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2024\/04\/18\/in-france-and-us-two-wildly-different-takes-on-ivf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">4 percent<\/a>&nbsp;of the nation&rsquo;s babies are born after conception in a test tube. The &ldquo;dissemination of targeted, balanced information on both sexual and reproductive health to all French men and women aged 29,&rdquo; however, is designed especially to remind women that they can freeze their eggs at no personal cost without medical approval, a permission that does not exist for her when she turns 30 years old.<\/p>\n<p>The rapidly declining birth rate problem is not isolated in France. Across Europe, people are waiting to have children&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/health\/2026\/01\/05\/which-country-in-europe-waits-the-longest-to-have-children\">longer than ever<\/a>. Even the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/25\/american-birth-rates-rates-drop-to-levels-of-civilizational-suicide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">is reporting a record low number of births &mdash; 1.6 per woman<\/a>, far below the&nbsp;2.1 needed for developed countries to maintain a stable population.<\/p>\n<p>Women who were sold the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/11\/21\/anti-natalists-at-nyt-want-you-to-think-ivf-is-the-only-way-to-have-a-career\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lies<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/11\/10\/kelsea-ballerinis-i-sit-in-parks-exposes-the-heartbreak-of-buying-girl-boss-lies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fourth-wave feminism<\/a> absolutely need to be reminded that their biological clocks are ticking. But pretending that the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/05\/when-sperm-and-eggs-are-monetized-human-existence-becomes-transactional\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">painful, expensive, and sometimes traumatizing procedure<\/a> of harvesting and freezing their eggs is the best solution for that once again sells women something that does not guarantee them a child or guarantee France a fertility rate boost. Significantly, women who undergo ova retrieval use can suffer&nbsp;side effects such as excessive bleeding, abdominal swelling, discomfort, weight gain, nausea,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnyfertility.com\/ivf-egg-retrieval\/#:~:text=The%20major%20side%20effects%20of,egg%20retrieval%20surgery%20is%20constipation.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">infection<\/a>, problems urinating,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4467930\/#:~:text=Perhaps%20the%20most%20important%20medical,such%20as%20ovarian%20hyperstimulation%20syndrome.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jenniferschneider.com\/pdf\/JS%20FertStert%20Fatal%20Colon%20Cancer.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fatal colon cancer<\/a>, a potential increased risk for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/28473127\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">breast cancer<\/a>, and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health-news\/donate-egg-become-infertile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sudden infertility<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The proposition laid out in the targeted letter might entice more French females to take advantage of taxpayer-funded egg retrieval and storage. Whether or not those women ever use reproductive technology to commission the creation of a child using those eggs, however, is not promised. What is promised is that France&rsquo;s ongoing sponsorship of test-tube babies makes <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/05\/when-sperm-and-eggs-are-monetized-human-existence-becomes-transactional\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">human existence appear transactional<\/a> and sentences countless embryos to death or indefinite life in a freezer&nbsp;each year. <\/p>\n<p>Paying people to have babies <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/04\/28\/why-paying-women-to-have-babies-is-a-terrible-idea-and-what-to-do-instead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">doesn&rsquo;t work<\/a>. As Federalist Executive Editor Joy Pullmann accurately noted, concern about falling fertility rates is &ldquo;not just that we need more human beings&rdquo; but that &ldquo;we need more citizens capable of sustaining themselves and contributing to others.&rdquo; Similarly, finger wagging Frenchies who have yet to have a child by 29 years old are likely not going to singlehandedly create a baby boom, especially in a country that considers abortion a &ldquo;right.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the reverse result is possible. Opening the floodgates for assisted reproductive technology gives people with normally good natural procreation chances a false sense of security about their decisions to delay marriage and reproduction. Fertility procedures such as IVF are marketed as a safety net or means to circumvent a worn down biological clock, as demonstrated in the latest French letter. Freeing up men and women in their peak fertile years, however, could easily deter settling down and raising a family in favor of climbing a career ladder and hookup culture. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/09\/babies-by-any-means-necessary-wont-fix-the-wests-fertility-woes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emmanuel Macron-endorsed<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/about:blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">16-point fertility plan<\/a> doesn&rsquo;t stop at encouraging women to freeze their eggs. It also includes expanding the country&rsquo;s fertility research capabilities to the top of the charts and nearly double the number of facilities equipped to store frozen ova. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Jordan Boyd is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-cruelty-is-the-point-folks\/\" title=\"The Cruelty Is the Point, Folks\">award-winning staff writer<\/a> at The Federalist and producer of &ldquo;The Federalist Radio Hour.&rdquo; Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on X @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France to lure late-20s women into egg freezing via IVF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":2570949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/FDRLST.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546,33651],"tags":[74010,14176,5777,74011],"class_list":["post-2570948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","tag-egg-freezing","tag-fertility","tag-france","tag-womens-health-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/FDRLST.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2570948"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2570952,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570948\/revisions\/2570952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2570949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2570948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2570948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2570948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}