“The issue is really the question of choice”, believes the founder of the association Chemins d’avenirs

In 2023, the number of births fell below the symbolic 100,000 mark, a first since the end of the Second World War. “The birth rate is also falling becauseinfertility progress”declared Emmanuel Macron during his press conference, Tuesday January 16, announcing that“a major plan to fight this scourge will be initiated” and evoking “a form of taboo of the century”. Salomé Berlioux, founder of the Chemins d’avenirs association and co-author of the first report oninfertility given two years ago to the former Minister of Health Olivier Véran, indicates Friday in the 12/13 info, regarding the declarations of the Head of State: “There were really a lot of us waiting for them.”

“We have never tackled a taboo subject in a lukewarm way”

Salome Berliouxwhose book Peach Skin (Stock) recounts his own experience on the subject, indicates that theinfertility directly affects 3.3 million French people. “In reality, the figure doubles since it is the couple who are concerned”, she specifies. According to the founder of the Chemins d’avenirs association, Emmanuel Macron’s announcements show “the presidential desire to take this subject in hand, and to give it as much scope as it needs so that the lines move”. “We have never tackled a taboo subject in a lukewarm way, with the back of the spoon. You have to go honestly. That’s what I hear in there”, she adds.

“The issue is really the question of choice, in reality, that couples who do not want to have children can not have them without being bothered on the subject, and that those who want to have it can overcome the question ofinfertility when it arises them”summarizes Salomé Berlioux.