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Our team works hard to stay active by placing articles in the popular press that challenge dominant paradigms of eternal growth and human supremacy, and guide mainstream thinking toward an attitude of balance among natural ecosystems, nonhuman animals, and humanity.
Media inquiries for our executive director Nandita Bajaj can be sent to media@populationbalance.org.
Pope Francis’s criticism of childless couples hurts parents and nonparents alike
“The fact that after fighting for personal and reproductive liberation for centuries, women in some countries are finally able to break free from their prescribed biological and gender roles and authentically exercise their right to have no or fewer children is something to be celebrated,” Bajaj said. “It’s a hallmark of a liberated society. It’s neither a loss of humanity nor selfish.”
Women on their choice to be childfree
“In university, I took a course in gender studies and psychology where I first learned that this idea of a biological instinct, or maternal instinct, was a social construct and not a universal biological drive. That really resonated with me. I didn’t have any deep desires to be a parent.”