Moms Come for Macron: French President Gets Huge Backlash for Saying 'Educated Women' Don't Have Big Families

Lauretta Brown | October 19, 2018 11:25 AM

French President Emmanuel Macron got a big response from mothers all over the world after he said at a Gates Foundation event, “present me the woman who decided, being perfectly educated, to have seven, eight or nine children.”

Macron has come under fire in the past for saying Africa has a “civilizational” problem and women are having “seven or eight children.”

This week, moms and members of big families got the #PostcardsforMacron trending on Twitter to show the French president that educated woman do choose to have many children.

#PostcardsForMacron Nine college degrees so far among the humans. Our cat knows more than the President of France. pic.twitter.com/jWXm1biqcD
— Dr Welsh (@ATWelshMD) October 18, 2018

I don’t have 7 kids because I’m ignorant. I have 7 kids because there is no greater joy or calling. BS in Cell Biology. #postcardsforMacron pic.twitter.com/Ht3mr84EZM
— Alisha Terry (@givemethesnack) October 18, 2018

#postcardsforMacron My wife, a medical doctor and mother of seven ;) pic.twitter.com/0EldehPMUp
— Eric Kigozi (@ekigozi) October 17, 2018

#DearEmmanuelMacron check out my educated and inspiring wife and mom of 7. #postcardsforMacron pic.twitter.com/Ucp5eizIMa
— Josh Canning (@CatholicJosh) October 16, 2018

My mother has a doctorate from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and eight children. #postcardsforMacron @EmmanuelMacron pic.twitter.com/WWmPwY3wTZ
— Pater Edmund (@sancrucensis) October 18, 2018

@EmmanuelMacron My mother had a successful family practice and now works as an emergency physician at multiple hospitals. I am the youngest of her 8 children all of whom have university degrees themselves. Educated enough for you? #postcardsforMacron pic.twitter.com/agtH1YW7aR
— Jj (@Jj17406833) October 16, 2018