Author: Leslie Root

Leslie Root shows how misguided it is for the left to accept pro-natalist positions. Worry about declining birth rates is based on a misinterpretation of the Total Fertility Rate, and minor social policies promoting higher birth rates will be met with pyrrhic defeat, producing backlash against minorities. The left can rely on better demographic data, and debates on the issue should be informed by reproductive justice, family abolition, and feminism.