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African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A draft charter wants African governments to ‘protect’ the family by engaging in several regressive actions. Wikimedia Commons

A draft African charter on ‘family values’ is on the cards: why it’s flawed and dangerous

The draft African Charter on Family, Sovereignty and Values contains serious inaccuracies and could have far-reaching consequences if adopted.
‘Restorative reproductive medicine’ has become a buzzword in some conservative circles, among people morally opposed to in vitro fertilization. Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/DigitalVision via Getty Images

How a niche Catholic approach to infertility treatment became a new talking point for MAHA conservatives

Mainstream medical organizations have criticized ‘restorative reproductive medicine,’ but some Catholics who follow church teachings consider it a welcome alternative.
Unfortunately for demographers, birth rates are hard to predict far into the future. gremlin/E+ via Getty Images

Fears that falling birth rates in US could lead to population collapse are based on faulty assumptions

While the changes in population structure that accompany low birth rates are real, the impact of these changes has been dramatically overstated.

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