by Laura | Oct 5, 2010 | Population Issues, Pronatalism
I have to admit that I have mixed reactions when reading about 85 years old professor Robert Edwards at the University of Cambridge receiving the Nobel Prize in medicine. He began work on in vitro fertilization, or IVF in the late 70s, and as the Nobel committee says,...
by Laura | Jun 7, 2010 | Baby Matrix related
On May 25th Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, archbishop of Genoa, President of the Italian Episcopal Conference, addressed fellow Italian bishops at the 61st plenary assembly and called Italy’s declining birthrate “slow demographic suicide.” “Over 50% of...
by Laura | May 6, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Research-related
According to 2009 census figures, for the first time women are just as likely as men to have completed college and to have an advanced degree. Women represent about half of those in the U.S. who have a master’s degree or higher, largely due to more women...
by Laura | Apr 13, 2010 | Baby Matrix related, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Media-Related
Journalist Laura Stepp has an interesting piece on teen pregnancy on The Huffington Post. The good news: teen pregnancy is down. The bad news: disturbing stats that don’t jive with this reduction. In late 2009, The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and...
