Governments Complain About Low Birth Rates at UN Population Conference

May 4, 2024 by

By Iulia-Elena Cazan, C-Fam: A groundswell of complaints engulfed the annual UN Commission on Population and Development. Countries are in an angry panic about the results of decades-long propaganda favoring lowering fertility rates. Even...

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The strange death of the family

Apr 27, 2024 by

by Joel Kotkin, spiked: The world is sleepwalking towards a depopulation crisis. Over a decade ago, I led a team of Singapore-based researchers to investigate why families were declining. Back then, we were experiencing a historic shift...

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Couples having children could become ‘culturally unusual’, warns Tory MP

Apr 26, 2024 by

by Daniel Martin, Telegraph: A Tory MP has warned that it could soon become “culturally unusual” for couples to have children. Miriam Cates, a leading member of the New Conservative group of backbenchers, said the UK’s declining birth...

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Fatal losses

Apr 18, 2024 by

by Campbell Campbell-Jack, A Grain of Sand: Throughout the West and beyond we are witnessing a steep decline in marriage and birth rates. Greece’s birth rate fell by 30 per cent from 2011 to 2021 to under 84,000 per year, slipping below...

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There is no magic bullet for raising birth rates

Apr 15, 2024 by

by Alessandra Bocchi, The Critic: A complex network of spiritual, cultural and economic factors underpin our fertility slump. The influence of religion on fertility is undeniable. Since the dawn of Western society — first through various...

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Picture: Britt Erlanson/Getty Liberal gerontocracy and its discontents

Apr 11, 2024 by

by Krzysztof Tyszka-Drozdowski, Artillery Row: Fewer young people supporting more old people has become an unsustainable situation. Famously, older people tend to be more interested in politics than the young and turn out to vote in...

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