A world with fewer children? Addressing the despair behind declining fertility
Published
Philadelphia PA (SPX) May 06, 2024
In the 1992 dystopian novel "Children of Men," later adapted to film, humanity faces the chilling reality of a world without children, a global infertility crisis that threatens to extinguish the species. While this apocalyptic vision might seem far-fetched, today's real world faces a quieter but equally alarming phenomenon: declining human fertility. This is not due to a sudden inability to rep