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Take Action: Children Are Dying Because People Like Prarthana Prakash Think Babies Are Economic Inputs

Jan 27, 2023 | fertility rates, Headlines, Inequality, News & Updates, Taking Action

Prarthana Prakash recently published an article entitled ” Millennials and Gen Z won’t have enough kids to sustain America’s population—and it’s up to immigrants to make up the baby shortfall.” The title says it all. So what’s the problem? Babies are...

Urge Professor Philip Alston of NYU to Tell the #WholeTruth and Support Fair Start

Jan 25, 2023 | fertility rates, Headlines, Inequality, News & Updates, Taking Action

Professor Philip Alston at NY is a leader in the field the field of international human rights. But like many in the field, he has relied on a failing system has put parental autonomy over child equity when it comes to family and family planning law and policy. That...

Freedom Without a Fair Start in Life? That’s Impossible

Jan 25, 2023 | fertility rates, Headlines, Inequality, News & Updates, Taking Action

Humans are adept at fooling themselves, whether thinking the Earth is flat, or that our ecosystems can absorb limitless amounts of pollution – like climate emissions – before failing. Many might believe they are not racist, but when put to an empirical...

Women Today Have to Worry About Having Even One Child Because Some People – Like the Baldwins – Had Huge Families

Jan 24, 2023 | Featured Families, fertility rates, Headlines, News & Updates, Taking Action

The climate crisis is causing many to forgo children, even when they want them. Why consign a child to such an uncertain and dangerous future? How did this situation develop? Clearly having large and unsustainable families impacts the right of future persons to...

FactCheck: Family Reforms Mitigate Climate, Inequity and Other Crises More Than Dietary Reforms Do

Jan 24, 2023 | fertility rates, Headlines, Inequality, News & Updates, Taking Action

Yes going vegan, in terms of changing one’s diet to eliminate animals is great for many reasons – health, environment, ending factory farming, etc. But that change does not help the environment or animals if only a small percentage of a growing human...

Take Action: Urge Your Company to Adopt Fair Start Employment Policies

Jan 24, 2023 | fertility rates, Headlines, Inequality, News & Updates, Taking Action

What is the most effective change you can make to ensure a better future? Giving kids a Fair Start in life, which looks a lot like what the Children’s Rights Convention requires, is the most effective thing you can do. Empower people. One of the most important...