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As fertility rates continue to decline both globally and in the U.S., efforts to revive them face a headwind generated from within: Some of the loudest voices trying to boost birth rates are, well, just plain weird.
Take Elon Musk, the world’s richest and most prominent pro-natalist, who has personally addressed his concern about “mass extinction” by fathering at least 14 children with four different women.
Patrick T. Brown is a contributing writer at The Dispatch and a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, where his work with the Life and Family Initiative focuses on developing a robust pro-family economic agenda and supporting families as the cornerstone of a healthy and flourishing society.
