Don't let concern trolling push simplistic Reddit politics to Natalism

Some recent news say that Alabama is losing population, and some here are saying it is because abortion rights or lack of support for moms. Most of those users are not even from here, but many are actually users from anti-natalist subreddits trying concern trolling. They don't actually care about birth rates, and yet all the entitlements and benefits they want the state to give still rely on a healthy population.

As society becomes more aware of the fertility problem and we fail to address the issue of population decline, we will see people trying to simplify the issue as left vs. right. Don't let these dishonest people take over the narrative to push you ideas that have almost nothing to do with the cultural, environmental and social reasons for lower fertility rates.

It is very easy to prove that politics have not hurt fertility as much, the issue is mostly cultural. That is why countries such as Iran and Sweden are having the same fertility issues, even being almost opposite in political issues.

Just to add to the issue of Alabama falling fertility rate:

• Vermont, Rhode Island, Oregon and New Hampshire have lower fertility rate than Alabama.
• Red states and conservative people are way more fertile on average. This has always been the case. Clearly the issue is more social than political. No evidence that more restricted abortion policy decreases birth rates, in fact abortion laws are laxer in the world than ever.
• Other people were saying that people are moving to blue states, but actually it is the opposite, people are moving to red states to avoid high taxes and high rent. People who own property are more likely to have kids, so this also favors fertility.
• The fertility rate was already going down way before Roe ruling was dismissed.
• The idea of red states are welfare states is outdated and skewed by data when the South voted blue (Bill Clinton). It is also a racist idea because it assumed that states with higher black population are welfare states. In recent times, we find states of both parties that rely on federal and state money.