Population Connection

You may have seen that on World Population Day (of all days🙄), the New York Times published an opinion essay warning of an impending "population bust." We respectfully disagreed.

We were pleased to have the opportunity to respond, and our Letter to the Editor was published alongside other thoughtful replies.

Our message is simple: declining birth rates do not automatically mean declining prosperity or a weaker society. Rather than fueling fears about lower fertility, we should focus on policies that improve people's lives, protect reproductive freedom, and build resilient, sustainable communities.

Read our letter (second one) and the other responses to the essay by Dr. Lyman Stone, director of the Pronatalism Initiative at the Institute for Family Studies.

Agree? Disagree? Have questions? Let us know in the comments, and since it's , emoji-only reactions are welcome! 😀😎
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/opinion/falling-birthrates-population.html

The fact is, the human population will absolutely never disappear due to a low fertility rate, unless there is some environmental impact on the physiological ability to reproduce.

This is not impossible, given all the known and unknown effects of chemicals and plastics permeating the environment, which are already negatively impacting hormones and reproductive health.

Microplastics have been found in every human testicle — and region of the planet — where they’ve been looked for. But even with these pressures, the human population continues to grow (while wildlife continues to decline).

More from this insightful piece by Samuel Miller McDonald which argues that of the many threats there are to humanity, a low birth rate isn’t one of them.
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https://populationconnection.org/article/there-are-many-threats-to-humanity-a-low-birth-rate-isnt-one-of-them/