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*[https://hungarytoday.hu/orban-demography-budapest-summit/ Orbán: Govt Duty to Pursue Strong Demographic Policy]. ''Hungary Today''. September 5, 2019. Retrieved September 8, 2019.</ref>

*[https://hungarytoday.hu/orban-demography-budapest-summit/ Orbán: Govt Duty to Pursue Strong Demographic Policy]. ''Hungary Today''. September 5, 2019. Retrieved September 8, 2019.</ref>

Orbán's pro-family policies have been effective.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (April 27, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/04/27/report-hungary-counters-europes-demographic-winter/ Report: Hungary Counters Europe’s Demographic Winter]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 27, 2019.</ref><ref>Stone, Lyman (July 10, 2018). [https://ifstudies.org/blog/is-hungary-experiencing-a-policy-induced-baby-boom Is Hungary Experiencing a Policy-Induced Baby Boom?] ''Institute for Family Studies''. Retrieved October 25, 2019.</ref><ref>Smith, Samuel (March 17, 2019). [https://www.christianpost.com/news/make-families-great-again-hungary-seeing-more-babies-less-abortions-through-pro-family-policies.html 'Make Families Great Again': Hungary seeing more babies, fewer abortions through pro-family policies]. ''The Christian Post''. Retrieved December 8, 2019.</ref> By 2018, his pro-family policies saw [[abortion]]s fall by a third, marriages rise, and divorces become less frequent.<ref>Bourne, Lisa (June 1, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/hungary-sees-abortion-numbers-plunge-with-rise-of-pro-family-policies Hungary sees abortion numbers plunge with rise of pro-family policies]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved June 1, 2018.</ref><ref name="Family2018"/><ref name="MarriageBoom">[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hungary-marriages/hungary-government-scheme-sparks-marriage-boom-will-babies-follow-idUSKBN1Y01XG Hungary government scheme sparks marriage boom. Will babies follow?] ''Reuters''. November 26, 2019. Retrieved November 26, 2019.</ref> The country's fertility rate for married women also began to rise again.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (July 12, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/12/hungary-sees-rising-fertility-rate-turns-back-demographic-decline/ Make Babies Great Again: Hungarian Fertility Rates Rise, Turns Back Demographic Decline]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 12, 2018.</ref> Marriage levels in the first nine months of 2019 reached the highest level since 1990, and the country saw the most September weddings since 1979.<ref name="MarriageBoom"/> Orbán's government began a formal consultation with Hungarian citizens for input on how the solve Hungary's demographic decline.<ref name="Family2018">Montgomery, Jack (November 3, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/02/marriage-up-abortion-and-divorce-down-as-hungary-chooses-family-support-over-mass-migration/ Marriage Up, Abortion and Divorce Down as Hungary Chooses Family Support Over Mass Migration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 3, 2018.</ref><ref>Cummings McLean, Dorothy (November 1, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/hungary-plans-to-encourage-support-large-stable-families1 Hungary plans to encourage, support ‘large, stable families’]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved November 1, 2018.</ref> Additionally, Orbán's government criticized pro-abortion policies.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (September 26, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/09/26/exclusive-hungarian-minister-warns-pro-abortion-is-pro-killing/ Exclusive: Hungarian Minister Warns ‘Pro-Abortion Is Pro-Killing’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 26, 2019.</ref> In January 2020, Hungary announced it would offer free in vitro fertilization procedures to help increase the country's birthrate.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 12, 2020). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/01/12/hungary-offers-free-ivf-procedures-with-goal-of-2-1-birthrate-by-2030/ Hungary Offers Free IVF Procedures with Goal of 2.1 Birthrate by 2030]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 12, 2020.</ref> On the other hand, some social conservatives criticized Orbán's government, along with other European conservatives, for not pushing hard enough for pro-life policies at the European and international levels.<ref>Gennarini, Stefano (May 24, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/european-pro-life-nationalist-parties-fall-short-on-fighting-abortion European ‘pro-life’ nationalist parties fall short on fighting abortion]. ''LifeSiteNews'' (from ''C-Fam''). May 25, 2019.</ref>

Orbán's pro-family policies have been effective.<ref>Multiple references:

*Williams, Thomas D. (April 27, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/04/27/report-hungary-counters-europes-demographic-winter/ Report: Hungary Counters Europe’s Demographic Winter]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 27, 2019.

*Stone, Lyman (July 10, 2018). [https://ifstudies.org/blog/is-hungary-experiencing-a-policy-induced-baby-boom Is Hungary Experiencing a Policy-Induced Baby Boom?] ''Institute for Family Studies''. Retrieved October 25, 2019.

*Smith, Samuel (March 17, 2019). [https://www.christianpost.com/news/make-families-great-again-hungary-seeing-more-babies-less-abortions-through-pro-family-policies.html 'Make Families Great Again': Hungary seeing more babies, fewer abortions through pro-family policies]. ''The Christian Post''. Retrieved December 8, 2019.

*[https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/hungarys-family-policy-is-widely-successful-guaranteeing-prosperity-for-those-desiring-children Hungary’s family policy is widely successful, guaranteeing prosperity for those desiring children]. ''LifeSiteNews'' (from the ''Political Network for Values''). June 25, 2021. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> By 2018, his pro-family policies saw [[abortion]]s fall by a third, marriages rise, and divorces become less frequent.<ref>Bourne, Lisa (June 1, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/hungary-sees-abortion-numbers-plunge-with-rise-of-pro-family-policies Hungary sees abortion numbers plunge with rise of pro-family policies]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved June 1, 2018.</ref><ref name="Family2018"/><ref name="MarriageBoom">[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hungary-marriages/hungary-government-scheme-sparks-marriage-boom-will-babies-follow-idUSKBN1Y01XG Hungary government scheme sparks marriage boom. Will babies follow?] ''Reuters''. November 26, 2019. Retrieved November 26, 2019.</ref> The country's fertility rate for married women also began to rise again.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (July 12, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/12/hungary-sees-rising-fertility-rate-turns-back-demographic-decline/ Make Babies Great Again: Hungarian Fertility Rates Rise, Turns Back Demographic Decline]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 12, 2018.</ref> Marriage levels in the first nine months of 2019 reached the highest level since 1990, and the country saw the most September weddings since 1979.<ref name="MarriageBoom"/> Orbán's government began a formal consultation with Hungarian citizens for input on how the solve Hungary's demographic decline.<ref name="Family2018">Montgomery, Jack (November 3, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/02/marriage-up-abortion-and-divorce-down-as-hungary-chooses-family-support-over-mass-migration/ Marriage Up, Abortion and Divorce Down as Hungary Chooses Family Support Over Mass Migration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 3, 2018.</ref><ref>Cummings McLean, Dorothy (November 1, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/hungary-plans-to-encourage-support-large-stable-families1 Hungary plans to encourage, support ‘large, stable families’]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved November 1, 2018.</ref> Additionally, Orbán's government criticized pro-abortion policies.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (September 26, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/09/26/exclusive-hungarian-minister-warns-pro-abortion-is-pro-killing/ Exclusive: Hungarian Minister Warns ‘Pro-Abortion Is Pro-Killing’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 26, 2019.</ref> In January 2020, Hungary announced it would offer free in vitro fertilization procedures to help increase the country's birthrate.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 12, 2020). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/01/12/hungary-offers-free-ivf-procedures-with-goal-of-2-1-birthrate-by-2030/ Hungary Offers Free IVF Procedures with Goal of 2.1 Birthrate by 2030]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 12, 2020.</ref> On the other hand, some social conservatives criticized Orbán's government, along with other European conservatives, for not pushing hard enough for pro-life policies at the European and international levels.<ref>Gennarini, Stefano (May 24, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/european-pro-life-nationalist-parties-fall-short-on-fighting-abortion European ‘pro-life’ nationalist parties fall short on fighting abortion]. ''LifeSiteNews'' (from ''C-Fam''). May 25, 2019.</ref>

In August 2018, the Hungarian government moved to ban "gender studies" programs at state-run universities due to not having any real purpose and favoring "ideology rather than science,"<ref>Multiple references:

In August 2018, the Hungarian government moved to ban "gender studies" programs at state-run universities due to not having any real purpose and favoring "ideology rather than science,"<ref>Multiple references: