Can you choose when to have your baby born if it brings you some money?

See Kamala Harris Is Proposing a $6,000 Baby Bonus. Would It Make a Difference? The presidential candidate proposes the one-time payment in addition to expanding the child tax credit by Dalvin Brown of The WSJ. Excerpt:

 "When a baby bonus of up to 3,000 Australian dollars went into effect in Australia in July 2004, researchers estimated that more than 1,000 birth dates were changed, with parents delaying inducing and caesarean-section dates, sometimes for more than a week, so their children would be eligible for the policy."

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