A 2022 poll commissioned by the Iona Institute found that 85 percent of people want to have at least two children, while only two percent expressed a wish for no children.
Last week, we reported on a startling study from The Lancet which warned that a population crash – where the number of people in a country starts to shrink – was fast-approaching and would have a devastating impact on societies. With fewer and fewer young people to support an ageing world population, we face massive […]
Journalist Christina Patterson reveals that at age 55, despite never having fulfilled her desire to have children, ‘she came to embrace just how rich and full her life could still be’ (‘How I learnt to love life without kids’, Telegraph, September 17, 2019). Her remarks come in World Childless Week, set up in 2017 with […]