Svetlana Bessarab, a member of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans’ Affairs, believes that restrictions based on the mother’s age cannot be applied to the payment of maternity capital. HE criticized During the meeting with 360 TV channel, the idea of extending this support measure only to women aged 25-30 was put forward.
Describing it as initiative discrimination, Bessarab noted that many women of this age still continue to study, build a career, and get married after 25 years. The birth of a child is also affected by other circumstances, which are individual in each case, she emphasized.
“I think it is unacceptable to give birth spontaneously at such a young age,” the MP said. — There is a norm in Russian legislation that supports young mothers who give birth between the ages of 18-25. There is a lump sum payment and you can make the arrangement here.”
Bessarab added that payments to mothers who give birth at a young age can be increased to motivate them to start a family, but maternity capital cannot be tied to women’s age at giving birth. He reminded that this support measure was initiated to help families buy housing and is mostly used for these purposes.
Today we remind you recognizedThe State Duma called for limiting the payment of maternity capital for the first-born child according to the age of the mother. According to parliamentarians, this will help solve the problem of falling birth rates.
Nina Ostanina, chairman of the State Duma Committee on Women, Family and Children, also spoke to socialbites.ca. spoke she opposed the initiative, calling it “a terrible tragedy for women’s society”.