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Where Will the Widespread Embrace of Infertility Lead?

Where Will the Widespread Embrace of Infertility Lead?
U.S. fertility, which was 3.5 births per woman in 1950, has slipped to well below population-replacement levels at 1.7 births per woman, an all-time low. It is lower in Canada: 1.47 births per woman. Fizkes/Shutterstock
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Three years ago, my family resigned our membership in the non-traditional synagogue that had been our religious home for more than 40 years. The end came suddenly after I published a controversial column in a Jewish community newspaper. Without prior consultation, my rabbi joined 25 other progressive rabbis and educators across Canada in denouncing me publicly as a misogynist, a homophobe, and a transphobe.

Barbara Kay
Barbara Kay
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Barbara Kay is a columnist and author. Her latest writing project is co-authorship with Linda Blade of the book “Unsporting: How Trans Activism and Science Denial are Destroying Sport.”
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