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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Alex Croft

France sends letters to 29-year-olds telling them to get on with having children

France plans to send a letter to all 29-year-olds in the country encouraging them to have babies before it is “too late”.

Hundreds of thousands of young people will receive the letter, which aims to provide “targeted, balanced and scientifically based information on sexual and reproductive health” to “avoid the ‘if only I had known’ mentality”, the health ministry said.

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