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Pronatalism
May 24, 2025
Indigo Olivier
The Dark, Nihilistic Philosophy Behind the IVF Clinic Bombing
The man who attacked the Palm Springs facility is an acolyte of “efilism”—an anti-life belief system arising from the despair our political choices have wrought.
May 13, 2025
Matt Ford
The Trump Administration’s Reckless Policies Will Kill Children
The administration’s “pronatalist” position is substantially at odds with a range of policy decisions that will cause kids to sicken and die.
May 9, 2025
Grace Segers
Forget Fertility Rates—Here’s What a Baby Bonus Would Mean for Poverty
In theory, “pronatalist” policies could help alleviate child poverty—but only if they’re paired with other efforts to strengthen the social safety net.
April 30, 2025
Elliot Haspel
Democrats Should Be Encouraging Women to Have All the Babies They Want
The left loves to mock right-wing pronatalists. But the decline in marriages and births in America is an existential threat to the liberal agenda.
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