by Laura | May 31, 2022 | Social-Cultural Issues
While we are waiting for the SCOTUS decision on the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case in Mississippi, we are seeing more discussion on the ethics of abortion. Ezra Klein and Kate Greasley give one of the most thought-provoking discourses I have heard...
by Laura | Mar 16, 2022 | Baby Matrix related, Pronatalism, Social-Cultural Issues
Check out my interview with Christine Erickson, the founder of New Legacy Institute (NLI), on Voice America. Christine Erickson She created NLI to: “…address the social and policy inequities faced by those who do not have children, and to put the onus of...
by Laura | Feb 16, 2022 | Childfree Book-Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library, Social-Cultural Issues
~ “You’ll Change Your Mind” ~ Of the many assumptions about those who make the childfree choice, people all too often think they will eventually change their minds and want children. What’s the reality? 25 Over 10: A Childfree Longitudinal...
by Laura | May 7, 2021 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library, Social-Cultural Issues
As we approach Mother’s Day this year in the U.S., I am inspired to quote childfree icon, Gloria Steinem. Her 2016 Facebook post is right on: I’ve been thinking about Mother’s Day, and why I and others, who are not mothers, identify with this day just as much as...
by Laura | Dec 30, 2019 | Social-Cultural Issues
In 2012… At the end of 2012, I put out an informal poll asking this question: How accepting is society of the childfree choice? I asked people to choose one of the following statements that best reflected their opinion: A. Major social progress! Today it’s by...
by Laura | Dec 18, 2019 | Social-Cultural Issues
Deadline was December 24th! Stay tuned for results! When it comes to the acceptance of the childfree choice, where do you think we are in the evolution of social change? At the end of 2012, I put out a poll asking this question. Read about the results of this...