France to offer fertility checks to young people in bid to combat falling birth rates

President Emmanuel Macron said option would be available to people aged 20

French president Emmanuel Macron. Photo: Reuters

Henry Samuel
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Emmanuel Macron is to offer fertility checks to all 18 to 25-year-olds as part of a plan to combat declining birth rates.

The French president first announced his ambition to enact French “demographic rearmament” at a press conference in January as part of a wide array of measures aimed at reviving his stuttering second term.