The world needs babies. So we’d better rethink what we expect from mothers | Sonia Sodha
by Sonia Sodha from US news | The Guardian on (#5HMC2)
The decision to have a child is a tough one for many women. No wonder the population is falling
It didn't take long for confident predictions of a Covid baby boom to emerge last spring. Locked up together, with only Netflix for company, what else are couples going to do? (Nudge, wink.) Haven't they heard of contraception?" one friend asked drily, as the country waited anxiously to hear about furlough while being warned the NHS was in mortal peril.
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